Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
451
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
452
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
453
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
454
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
455
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
456
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
457
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
458
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
459
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
460
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
461
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
462
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
463
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
464
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
465
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
466
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
467
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
468
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
469
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
470
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
471
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
472
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
473
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
474
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
475
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min