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