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
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1852
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1853
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1854
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1855
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1856
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1857
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1858
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1859
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1860
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1861
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1862
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1863
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1864
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1865
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1866
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1867
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1868
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1869
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1870
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1871
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1872
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1873
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1874
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1875
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min