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