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
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
127
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
128
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
129
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
130
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
131
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
132
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
133
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
134
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
135
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
136
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
137
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
138
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
139
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
140
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
141
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
142
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
143
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
144
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
145
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
146
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
147
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
148
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
149
Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
150
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min