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
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1902
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1903
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1904
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1905
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1906
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1907
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1908
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1909
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1910
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1911
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1912
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1913
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1914
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1915
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1916
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1917
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1918
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1919
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1920
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1921
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1922
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1923
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1924
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1925
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min