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
502
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
503
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
504
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
505
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
506
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
507
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
508
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
509
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
510
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
511
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
512
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
513
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
514
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
515
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
516
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
517
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
518
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
519
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
520
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
521
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
522
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
523
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
524
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
525
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min