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.
1
Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
2
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
3
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
4
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
5
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
6
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
7
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
8
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
9
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
10
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
11
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
12
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
13
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
14
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
15
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
16
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
17
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
18
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
19
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
20
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
21
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
22
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
23
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
24
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
25
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min