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