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
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1852
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1853
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1854
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1855
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1856
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1857
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1858
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1859
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1860
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1861
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1862
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1863
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1864
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1865
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1866
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1867
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1868
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1869
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1870
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1871
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1872
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1873
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1874
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1875
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min