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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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
102
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
103
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
105
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
106
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
108
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
109
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
110
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
111
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
112
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
113
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
114
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
115
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
116
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
117
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
118
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
119
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
120
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
121
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
122
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
123
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
124
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