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
401
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
402
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
403
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
404
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
405
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
406
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
407
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
408
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
409
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
410
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
411
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
412
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
413
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
414
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
415
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
416
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
417
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
418
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
419
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
420
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
421
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
422
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
423
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
424
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
425
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min