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