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