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