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
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1877
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1878
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1879
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1880
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1881
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1882
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1883
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1884
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1885
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1886
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1887
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1888
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1889
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1890
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1891
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1892
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1893
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1894
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1895
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1896
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1897
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1898
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1899
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1900
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min