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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David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
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T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
128
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
129
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
130
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
131
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
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Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
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David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
134
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
135
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
136
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
137
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
138
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
139
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
140
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
141
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
142
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
143
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
144
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
145
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
146
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
147
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
148
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
149
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
150
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min