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
1751
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1752
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1753
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1754
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1755
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1756
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1757
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1758
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1759
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1760
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1761
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1762
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1763
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1764
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1765
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1766
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1767
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1768
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1769
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1770
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1771
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1772
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1773
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1774
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1775
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min