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
2076
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2077
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2078
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2079
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2080
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2081
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2082
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2083
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2084
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2085
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2086
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2087
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2088
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2089
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2090
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2091
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2092
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2093
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2094
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2095
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2096
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2097
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2098
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2099
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2100
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min