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.
1776
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1777
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1778
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1779
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1780
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1781
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1782
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1783
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1784
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1785
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1786
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1787
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1788
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1789
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1790
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1791
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1792
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1793
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1794
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1795
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1796
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1797
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1798
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1799
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1800
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min