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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Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
154
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
156
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
157
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
158
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
159
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
160
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
161
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
162
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
163
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
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David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
165
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
166
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
167
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
168
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
169
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
170
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
171
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
172
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
173
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
174
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
175
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min