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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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
102
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
103
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
104
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
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David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
106
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
107
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
108
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
109
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
110
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
111
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
112
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
113
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
114
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
115
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
116
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
117
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
118
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
119
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
120
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
122
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
124
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
125
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min