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
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1852
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1853
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1854
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1855
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1856
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1857
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1858
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1859
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1860
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1861
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1862
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1863
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1864
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1865
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1866
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1867
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1868
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1869
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1870
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1871
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1872
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1873
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1874
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1875
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min