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
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1802
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1803
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1804
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1805
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1806
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1807
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1808
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1809
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1810
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1811
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1812
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1813
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1814
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1815
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1816
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1817
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1818
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1819
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1820
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1821
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1822
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1823
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1824
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1825
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min