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
576
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
577
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
578
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
579
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
580
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
581
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
582
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
583
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
584
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
585
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
586
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
587
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
588
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
589
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
590
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
591
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
592
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
593
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
594
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
595
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
596
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
597
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
598
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
599
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
600
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min