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.
1951
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1952
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1953
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1954
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1955
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1956
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1957
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1958
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1959
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1960
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1961
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1962
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1963
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1964
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1965
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1966
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1967
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1968
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1969
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1970
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1971
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1972
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1973
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1974
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1975
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min