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.
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George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
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Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
503
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
504
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
505
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
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Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
507
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
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Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
509
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
510
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
511
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
512
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
513
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
514
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
515
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
516
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
517
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
518
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
519
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
520
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
521
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
522
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
523
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
524
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
525
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min