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
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1777
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1778
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1779
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1780
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1781
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1782
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1783
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1784
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1785
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1786
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1787
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1788
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1789
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1790
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1791
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1792
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1793
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1794
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1795
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1796
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1797
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1798
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1799
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1800
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min