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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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
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Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
278
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
280
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
281
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
282
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
283
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
284
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
285
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
286
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
287
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
288
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
289
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
291
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
292
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
294
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
296
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
297
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
298
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
299
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