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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David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
327
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
328
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
329
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
330
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
331
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
334
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
335
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
336
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
337
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
338
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
339
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
340
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
341
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
342
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
343
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
345
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
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William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
347
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
348
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
349
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
350
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min