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
151
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
152
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
153
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
154
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
155
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
156
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
157
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
158
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
159
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
160
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
161
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
162
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
163
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
164
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
165
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
166
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
167
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
168
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
169
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
170
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
171
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
172
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
173
Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
174
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
175
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min