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
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
2052
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
2053
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
2054
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
2055
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
2056
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
2057
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
2058
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
2059
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
2060
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
2061
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
2062
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
2063
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
2064
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
2065
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
2066
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
2067
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
2068
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
2069
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
2070
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
2071
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
2072
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
2073
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
2074
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2075
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min