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
2126
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
2127
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
2128
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
2129
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
2130
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
2131
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
2132
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
2133
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
2134
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
2135
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
2136
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
2137
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
2138
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
2139
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
2140
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
2141
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
2142
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
2143
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
2144
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
2145
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
2146
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
2147
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
2148
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
2149
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2150
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min