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
501
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
502
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
503
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
504
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
505
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
506
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
507
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
508
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
509
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
510
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
511
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
512
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
513
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
514
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
515
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
516
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
517
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
518
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
519
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
520
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
521
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
522
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
523
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
524
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
525
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min