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