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
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1952
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1953
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1954
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1955
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1956
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1957
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1958
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1959
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1960
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1961
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1962
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1963
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1964
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1965
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1966
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1967
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1968
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1969
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1970
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1971
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1972
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1973
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1974
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1975
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min