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
151
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
152
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
153
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
154
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
155
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
156
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
157
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
158
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
159
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
160
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
161
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
162
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
163
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
164
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
165
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
166
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
167
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
168
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
169
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
170
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
171
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
172
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
173
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
174
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
175
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min