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.
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T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
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Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
228
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
229
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
230
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
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David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
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Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
234
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
235
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
237
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
238
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
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Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
240
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
242
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
245
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
246
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
248
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
250
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min