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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
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Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
52
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
53
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
54
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
55
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
56
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
57
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
58
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
59
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
60
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
61
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
62
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
63
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
64
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
65
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
66
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
67
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
68
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
69
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
70
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
71
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
72
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
73
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
74
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
75
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min