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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Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
527
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
528
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
529
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
530
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
531
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
532
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
533
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
534
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
535
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
536
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
537
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
538
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
539
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
540
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
541
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
542
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
543
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
544
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
545
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
546
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
547
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
548
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
549
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
550
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min