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.
1826
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1827
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1828
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1829
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1830
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1831
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1832
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1833
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1834
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1835
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1836
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1837
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1838
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1839
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1840
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1841
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1842
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1843
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1844
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1845
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1846
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1847
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1848
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1849
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1850
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min