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
152
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
153
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
154
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
155
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
156
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
157
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
158
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
159
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
160
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
161
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
162
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
163
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
164
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
165
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
166
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
167
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
168
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
169
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
170
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
171
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
172
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
173
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
174
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
175
Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min