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.
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Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
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Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
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Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
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Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
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Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
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Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
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Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
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Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
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Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
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Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
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Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
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Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
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Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
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Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
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Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
267
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
268
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
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Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
270
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
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Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
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Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
273
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
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Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
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Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min