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