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
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
2
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
3
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
4
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
5
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
6
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
7
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
8
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
9
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
10
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
11
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
12
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
13
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
14
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
15
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
16
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
17
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
18
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min
19
Mariposa Fernández: “Verses in the Wind”
3 min
20
Noel Quiñones: “Orange”
2 min
21
Rachel Dillon: “A dead whale can feed an entire...
2 min
22
William Wordsworth: “To the Daisy”
6 min
23
Gabriel Ramirez: “Learn Your Song”
3 min
24
Dimitri Reyes: “Speakers”
5 min
25
Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min