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
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1927
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1928
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1929
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1930
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1931
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1932
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1933
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
1934
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
1935
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
1936
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
1937
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
1938
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
1939
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
1940
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
1941
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
1942
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
1943
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
1944
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
1945
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
1946
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
1947
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
1948
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
1949
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
1950
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min