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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Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
477
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
479
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
480
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
481
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
482
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
484
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
485
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
486
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
487
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
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Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
489
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
490
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
491
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
492
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
493
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
495
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
496
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
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Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
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Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
499
E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
500
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min