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
1601
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1602
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1603
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1604
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1605
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1606
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1607
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1608
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1609
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1610
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1611
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1612
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1613
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1614
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1615
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1616
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1617
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1618
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1619
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1620
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1621
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1622
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1623
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1624
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1625
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min