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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Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
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Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
253
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
254
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
255
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
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Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
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Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
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Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
259
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
260
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
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Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
262
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
267
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
268
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
269
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
270
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
271
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
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Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
273
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
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Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
275
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min