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.

Books
1426
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1427
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1428
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1429
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1430
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1431
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1432
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1433
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1434
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1435
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1436
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1437
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1438
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1439
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1440
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1441
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1442
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1443
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1444
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1445
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1446
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1447
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1448
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1449
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1450
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min