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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Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
128
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
129
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
130
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
131
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
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Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
133
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
135
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
136
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
137
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
138
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
139
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
140
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
141
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
142
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
143
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
144
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
145
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
146
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
147
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
148
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
149
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
150
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min