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
1501
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1502
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1503
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1504
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1505
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1506
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1507
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1508
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1509
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1510
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1511
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1512
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1513
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1514
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1515
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1516
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1517
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1518
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1519
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1520
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1521
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1522
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1523
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1524
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1525
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min