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
476
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
477
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
478
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
479
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
480
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
481
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
482
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
483
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
484
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
485
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
486
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
487
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
488
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
489
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
490
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
491
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
492
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
493
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
494
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
495
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
496
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
497
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
498
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
499
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
500
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min