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.

Books
2026
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
2027
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
2028
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
2029
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
2030
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
2031
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
2032
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
2033
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
2034
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
2035
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
2036
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
2037
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
2038
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
2039
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
2040
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
2041
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
2042
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
2043
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
2044
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
2045
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2046
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2047
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2048
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2049
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2050
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min