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