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