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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T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
527
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
528
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
529
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
530
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
531
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
532
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
533
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
534
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
535
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
536
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
537
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
538
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
539
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
540
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
542
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
543
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
544
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
545
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
546
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
547
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
548
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
549
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
550
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min