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
153
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
154
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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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
159
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
160
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
161
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
162
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
163
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
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Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
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Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
167
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
168
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
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Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
170
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
171
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
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Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
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Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
174
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
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Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min