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.
1
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "Magnitude and Bond"
4 min
2
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
3
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
4
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
5
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
6
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
7
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
8
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
9
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
10
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
11
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
12
Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
13
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
14
Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
15
Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
16
Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
17
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
18
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
19
Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
20
Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
21
Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min
22
Jennifer Knox: "‘How old is Maggie?’"
2 min
23
Matthew Olzmann: "Olympus"
1 min
24
Sarah Freligh: "In this Poem, We Will Not Glori...
2 min
25
Felicia Dorothea Hemans: "Hymn of Nature"
3 min