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
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1877
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1878
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1879
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1880
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1881
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1882
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1883
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1884
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1885
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1886
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1887
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1888
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1889
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1890
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1891
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1892
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1893
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1894
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1895
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1896
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1897
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1898
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1899
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min
1900
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "Vacation End"
1 min