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
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
102
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
103
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
104
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
105
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
106
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
107
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
108
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
109
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
110
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
111
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
112
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
113
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
114
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
115
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
116
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
117
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
118
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
119
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
120
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
121
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
122
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
123
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
124
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
125
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min