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
626
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
627
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
628
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
629
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
630
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
631
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
632
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
633
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
634
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
635
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
636
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
637
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
638
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
639
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
640
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
641
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
642
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
643
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
644
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
645
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
646
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
647
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
648
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
649
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
650
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min