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.
2026
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
2027
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
2028
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
2029
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
2030
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
2031
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
2032
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
2033
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
2034
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
2035
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
2036
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
2037
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
2038
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
2039
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
2040
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
2041
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
2042
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
2043
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
2044
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
2045
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
2046
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
2047
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
2048
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
2049
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
2050
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min