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
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2052
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2053
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2054
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2055
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2056
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2057
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2058
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2059
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2060
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2061
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2062
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2063
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2064
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2065
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2066
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2067
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2068
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2069
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2070
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2071
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2072
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2073
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2074
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2075
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min