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