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