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.
1701
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1702
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1703
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1704
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1705
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1706
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1707
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1708
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1709
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1710
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1711
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1712
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1713
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1714
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1715
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1716
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1717
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1718
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1719
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1720
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1721
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1722
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1723
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1724
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1725
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min