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 Thea Matthews. 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
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Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
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Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
54
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
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David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
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Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
60
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
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Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
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Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
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Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
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Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
65
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
67
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
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Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
70
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
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Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
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Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
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Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min