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
2301
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
2302
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
2303
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
2304
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
2305
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
2306
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
2307
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
2308
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
2309
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
2310
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min
2311
Jasminne Mendez: "Along the Border"
1 min
2312
Juan Felipe Herrera: "breathe we"
1 min
2313
Rubén Darío: "To the Country"
3 min
2314
Quyên Nguyễn-Hoàng: "Learning Late Letters"
6 min
2315
Ashaki M. Jackson: "A Proclamation"
1 min
2316
Sharan Strange: "Slippage, a Provocation"
5 min
2317
Jasmine Reid: "Certificate of Live Birth"
2 min
2318
Rio Cortez: "Driving at Night"
0 min
2319
Bettina Judd: "on empathy"
3 min
2320
Josephine D. Heard: "Sunshine After Cloud"
1 min
2321
Jessie Redmon Fauset: "Again it is September"
0 min
2322
Nandi Comer: "The Check In"
2 min
2323
Canisia Lubrin: "In the Middle of the Burning"
5 min
2324
Daria-Ann Martineau: "Carnivorous, with a varie...
2 min
2325
Charleen McClure: "Caretaker"
2 min