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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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
377
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
378
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
379
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
380
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
381
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
382
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
383
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
384
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
385
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
386
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
387
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
388
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
389
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
390
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
391
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
392
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
393
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
394
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
395
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
396
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
397
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
398
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
399
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
400
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min