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