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
177
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
178
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
179
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
180
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
181
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
182
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
183
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
184
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
185
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
186
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
187
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
188
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
189
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
190
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
191
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
192
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
193
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
194
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
195
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
196
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
197
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
198
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
199
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
200
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min