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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Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
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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
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William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
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Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
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Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
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Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
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Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
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E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
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Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
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Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
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jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
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Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
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David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
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Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
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Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
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Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
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Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
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Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
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Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
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Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min