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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
226
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
227
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
228
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
229
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
230
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
231
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
232
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
233
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
234
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
235
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
236
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
237
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
238
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
239
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
240
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
241
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
242
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
243
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
244
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
245
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
246
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
247
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
248
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
249
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
250
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min