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
1776
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1777
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1778
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1779
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1780
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1781
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1782
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1783
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1784
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1785
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1786
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1787
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1788
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1789
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1790
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1791
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1792
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1793
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1794
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1795
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1796
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1797
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1798
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1799
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1800
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min