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.

Books
1851
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1852
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1853
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1854
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1855
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1856
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1857
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1858
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1859
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1860
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1861
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1862
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1863
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1864
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1865
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1866
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1867
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1868
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1869
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1870
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1871
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1872
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1873
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1874
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1875
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min