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.
1851
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1852
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1853
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1854
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1855
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1856
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1857
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1858
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1859
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1860
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1861
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1862
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1863
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1864
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1865
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1866
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1867
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1868
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1869
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1870
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1871
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1872
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1873
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1874
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1875
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min