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
1726
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1727
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1728
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1729
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1730
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1731
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1732
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1733
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1734
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1735
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1736
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1737
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1738
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1739
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1740
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1741
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1742
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1743
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1744
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1745
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1746
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1747
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1748
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1749
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1750
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min