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
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Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
102
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
103
Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
104
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
105
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
106
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
107
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
108
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
109
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
110
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
111
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
112
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
113
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
114
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
115
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
116
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
117
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
118
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
119
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
120
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
121
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
122
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
123
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
124
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
125
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min