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