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