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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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
527
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
528
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
529
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
530
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
531
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
532
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
533
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
534
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
535
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
536
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
537
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
538
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
539
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
540
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
541
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
542
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
543
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
544
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
545
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
546
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
547
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
548
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
549
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
550
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min