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
126
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
127
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
128
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
129
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
130
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
131
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
132
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
133
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
134
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
135
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
136
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
137
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
138
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
139
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
140
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min
141
Diane Seuss: "In life I’m no longer capable of ...
2 min
142
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
143
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
144
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
145
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
146
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
147
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
148
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
149
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
150
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min