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.

Books
1901
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1902
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1903
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1904
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1905
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1906
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1907
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1908
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1909
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1910
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1911
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1912
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1913
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1914
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1915
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1916
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1917
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1918
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1919
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
1920
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
1921
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
1922
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min
1923
Jeremy Michael Clark: "One Fire, Quenched with ...
4 min
1924
Desiree C. Bailey: "Woman in Dub"
3 min
1925
francine j. Harris: "Did anyone ever ask any on...
2 min