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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Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
229
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
230
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
231
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
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Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
234
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
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Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
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Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
237
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
239
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
240
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
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Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
242
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
243
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
245
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
246
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
249
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
250
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min