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.
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
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Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
128
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
129
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
130
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
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Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
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Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
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Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
135
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
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Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
137
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
138
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
140
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
141
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
142
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
143
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
144
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
145
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
146
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
147
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
149
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
150
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min