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.
1901
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1902
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1903
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1904
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1905
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1906
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1907
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1908
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1909
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1910
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1911
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1912
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1913
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1914
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1915
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1916
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1917
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1918
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1919
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1920
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1921
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1922
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1923
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1924
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1925
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min