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
276
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
277
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
278
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
279
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
280
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
281
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
282
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
283
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
284
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
285
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
286
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
287
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
288
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
289
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
290
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
291
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
292
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
293
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
294
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
295
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
296
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
297
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
298
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
299
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
300
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min