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
426
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
427
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
428
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
429
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
430
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
431
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
432
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
433
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
434
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
435
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
436
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
437
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
438
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
439
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
440
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
441
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
442
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
443
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
444
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
445
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
446
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
447
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
448
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
449
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min
450
Fenton Johnson: "Harlem: The Black City"
3 min