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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1926
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1927
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1928
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1929
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1930
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1931
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1932
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1933
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1934
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1935
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1936
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1937
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1938
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1939
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1940
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1941
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1942
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1943
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1944
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1945
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1946
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1947
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1948
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1949
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1950
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min