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
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
427
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
428
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
429
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
430
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
431
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
432
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
433
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
434
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
435
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
436
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
437
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
438
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
439
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
440
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
441
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
442
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
443
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
444
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
445
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
446
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
447
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
448
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
449
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
450
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min