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
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1502
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1503
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1504
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1505
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1506
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1507
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1508
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1509
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1510
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1511
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1512
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1513
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1514
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1515
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1516
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1517
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1518
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1519
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1520
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1521
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1522
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1523
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1524
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1525
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min