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
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1902
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1903
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1904
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1905
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1906
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1907
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1908
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1909
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1910
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1911
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1912
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1913
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1914
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1915
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1916
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1917
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1918
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1919
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1920
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1921
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1922
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1923
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1924
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1925
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min