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
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1827
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1828
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1829
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1830
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1831
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1832
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1833
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1834
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1835
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1836
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1837
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1838
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1839
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1840
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1841
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1842
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1843
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1844
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1845
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1846
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1847
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1848
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1849
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1850
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min