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
1801
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1802
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1803
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1804
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1805
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1806
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1807
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1808
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1809
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1810
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1811
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1812
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1813
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1814
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1815
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1816
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1817
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1818
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1819
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1820
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1821
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1822
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1823
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1824
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1825
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min