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
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1877
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1878
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1879
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1880
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1881
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1882
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1883
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1884
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1885
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1886
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1887
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1888
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1889
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1890
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1891
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1892
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1893
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1894
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1895
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1896
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1897
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1898
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1899
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1900
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min