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