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
376
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
377
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
378
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
379
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
380
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
381
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
382
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
383
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
384
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
385
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
386
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
387
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
388
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
389
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
390
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
391
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
392
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
393
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
394
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
395
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
396
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
397
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
398
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
399
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
400
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min