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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Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
303
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
304
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
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
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Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
308
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
309
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
310
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
311
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
312
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
313
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
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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
316
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
317
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
318
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
320
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
321
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
322
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
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Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
324
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min