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.
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Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1777
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1778
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1779
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1780
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1781
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1782
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1783
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1784
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1785
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1786
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1787
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1788
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1789
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1790
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1791
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1792
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1793
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1794
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1795
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1796
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1797
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1798
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1799
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1800
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min