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
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1852
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1853
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1854
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1855
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1856
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1857
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1858
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1859
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1860
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1861
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1862
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1863
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1864
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1865
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1866
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1867
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1868
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1869
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1870
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1871
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1872
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1873
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1874
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1875
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min