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
2051
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2052
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2053
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2054
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2055
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2056
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2057
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2058
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2059
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2060
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2061
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2062
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2063
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2064
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2065
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2066
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2067
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2068
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2069
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2070
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2071
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min
2072
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "The Plains of Peace"
2 min
2073
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "A Prayer"
0 min
2074
Joy Priest: "Denial is a Cliff We Are Driven Ov...
4 min
2075
Marwa Helal: "WHO REAL؟"
14 min