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.
1876
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1877
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1878
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1879
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1880
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1881
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1882
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1883
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1884
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1885
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1886
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1887
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1888
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1889
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1890
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1891
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1892
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1893
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1894
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1895
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1896
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1897
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1898
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1899
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1900
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min