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
2101
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2102
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2103
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2104
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2105
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2106
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2107
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2108
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2109
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2110
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2111
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2112
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2113
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2114
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2115
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2116
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2117
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2118
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2119
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2120
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2121
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2122
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2123
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2124
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min
2125
Starr Davis: "Today, God"
2 min