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.
1751
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1752
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1753
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1754
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1755
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1756
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1757
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1758
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1759
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1760
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1761
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1762
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1763
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1764
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1765
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1766
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1767
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1768
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1769
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1770
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1771
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1772
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1773
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1774
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1775
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min