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
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
2052
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
2053
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
2054
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
2055
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
2056
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
2057
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2058
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2059
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2060
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2061
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2062
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2063
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2064
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2065
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2066
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2067
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2068
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2069
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2070
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2071
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2072
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2073
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2074
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2075
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min