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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
76
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
77
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
78
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
79
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
80
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
81
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
82
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
83
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
84
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
85
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
86
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
87
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
88
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
89
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
90
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
91
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
92
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
93
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
94
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
95
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
96
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
97
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
98
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
99
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
100
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min