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
126
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
127
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
128
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
129
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
130
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
131
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
132
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
133
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
134
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
135
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
136
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
137
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
138
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
139
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
140
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
141
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
142
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
143
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
144
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
145
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
146
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
147
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
148
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
149
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
150
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min