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
1876
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1877
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1878
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1879
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1880
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1881
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1882
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1883
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1884
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1885
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1886
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1887
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1888
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1889
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1890
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1891
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1892
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1893
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1894
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1895
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1896
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1897
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1898
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1899
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1900
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min