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
1826
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1827
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1828
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1829
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1830
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1831
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1832
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1833
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1834
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1835
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1836
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1837
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1838
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1839
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1840
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1841
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1842
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1843
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1844
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1845
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1846
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1847
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1848
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1849
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1850
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min