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
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
277
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
278
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
279
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
280
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
281
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
282
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
283
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
284
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
285
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
286
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
287
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
288
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
289
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
290
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
291
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
292
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
293
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
294
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
295
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
296
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
297
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
298
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
299
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
300
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min