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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1901
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1902
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1903
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1904
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1905
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1906
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1907
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1908
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1909
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1910
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1911
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1912
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1913
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1914
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1915
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1916
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1917
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1918
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1919
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1920
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1921
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1922
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1923
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1924
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1925
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min