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
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
402
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
403
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
404
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
405
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
406
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
407
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
408
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
409
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
410
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
411
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
412
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
413
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
414
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
415
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
416
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
417
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
418
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
419
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
420
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
421
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
422
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
423
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
424
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
425
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min