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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Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
77
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
78
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
79
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
80
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
81
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
82
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
83
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
84
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
85
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
86
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
87
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
88
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
89
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
90
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
91
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
92
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
93
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
94
Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
95
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
96
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
97
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
98
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
99
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
100
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min