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
Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
2
Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
3
Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
4
Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
5
Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
6
Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
7
Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
8
Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
9
David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min
10
T. R. Hummer: “Who Remembers Davenport”
3 min
11
Nicholas Christopher: “1943”
2 min
12
Sally Wen Mao: “Willow, Stop Weeping”
5 min
13
Amie Whittemore: “Future History of Earth’s Birds”
3 min
14
Usha Akella: “Breaking bread with phonemes”
3 min
15
Amy Glynn: “For Leslie”
3 min
16
David Mura: “Vegas Rave Muse”
2 min
17
Lauren K. Watel: “The Last Act”
3 min
18
Michael Collier: “The Globe”
3 min
19
Keetje Kuipers: “10,000 Acres Burned”
3 min
20
Andrew Calis: “The Sea / Is Sacred Still”
3 min
21
Sophia Naz: “To Bear the Right”
3 min
22
Tomás Q. Morín: “Bird”
3 min
23
Jenny Xie: “Le Temps Mort”
2 min
24
Guest Editor Interview: May 2025 Guest Editor G...
16 min
25
Karla Cordero: “As a Kid I Was Told, ‘Don’t Ste...
3 min