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