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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Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
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Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
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Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
179
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
180
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
181
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
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Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
183
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
184
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
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Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
186
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
187
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
188
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
189
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
190
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
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Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
192
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
193
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
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Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
195
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
196
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
198
Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
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Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
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E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min