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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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
502
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
504
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
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David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
506
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
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Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
508
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
509
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
510
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
511
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
512
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
513
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
514
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
515
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
516
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
517
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
518
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
519
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
520
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
522
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
523
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
524
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
525
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min