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
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
2027
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
2028
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
2029
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
2030
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
2031
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
2032
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
2033
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
2034
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
2035
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
2036
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
2037
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
2038
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
2039
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
2040
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
2041
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
2042
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
2043
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
2044
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
2045
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
2046
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
2047
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
2048
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
2049
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
2050
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min