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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Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
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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
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
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David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
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Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
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Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
510
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
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Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
512
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
513
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
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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
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Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
518
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
519
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
520
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
521
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
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Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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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