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.

Books
51
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
52
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
53
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
54
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
55
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
56
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
57
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
58
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
59
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
60
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
61
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
62
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
63
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
64
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
65
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
66
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
67
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
68
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
69
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
70
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
71
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
72
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
73
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
74
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
75
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min