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
477
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
478
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
479
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
480
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
481
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
482
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
483
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
484
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
485
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
486
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
487
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
488
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
489
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
490
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
491
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
492
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
493
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
494
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
495
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
496
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
497
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
498
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
499
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
500
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min