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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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
128
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
129
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
130
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
131
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
132
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
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Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
134
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
135
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
136
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
137
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
138
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
139
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
140
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
141
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
142
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
143
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
144
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
145
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
146
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
147
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
148
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
149
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
150
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min