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
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1852
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1853
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1854
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1855
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1856
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1857
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1858
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1859
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1860
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1861
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1862
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1863
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1864
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1865
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1866
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1867
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1868
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1869
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1870
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1871
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1872
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1873
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min
1874
William Stanley Braithwaite: "It’s a Long Way"
0 min
1875
Nabila Lovelace: "By Inch-Meal a Disease"
1 min