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
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1827
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1828
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1829
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1830
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1831
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1832
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1833
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1834
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1835
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1836
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1837
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1838
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1839
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1840
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1841
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1842
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1843
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1844
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1845
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1846
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1847
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1848
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1849
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1850
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min