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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Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
277
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
278
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
279
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
280
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
281
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
282
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
283
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
284
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
285
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
286
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
287
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
288
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
289
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
290
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
291
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
292
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
293
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
294
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
295
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
296
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
297
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
298
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
299
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
300
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min