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
101
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
102
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
103
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
104
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
105
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
106
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
107
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
108
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
109
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
110
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
111
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
112
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
113
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
114
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
115
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
116
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
117
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
118
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
119
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
120
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
121
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
122
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
123
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
124
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
125
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min