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
176
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
177
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
178
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
179
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
180
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
181
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
182
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
183
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
184
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
185
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
186
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
187
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
188
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
189
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
190
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
191
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
192
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
193
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
194
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
195
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min
196
Phoebe Cary: "Otway"
4 min
197
Laura Read: "Love Poem with Staples"
3 min
198
Jason Schneiderman: "A Beautiful House with a H...
4 min
199
Moira Egan: "Ghazal: Sea"
2 min
200
Susan Browne: "Becoming a Poet"
3 min