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