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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
201
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
202
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
203
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
204
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
205
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
206
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
207
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
208
Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
209
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
210
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
211
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
212
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
213
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
214
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
215
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
216
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
217
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
218
Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
219
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
220
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
221
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
222
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
223
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
224
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
225
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min