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
526
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
527
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
528
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
529
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
530
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
531
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
532
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
533
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
534
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
535
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
536
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
537
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
538
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
539
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
540
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
541
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
542
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
543
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
544
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
545
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
546
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
547
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
548
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
549
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
550
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min