Poem-a-Day - Poems for the Outdoors and more

 

Thanks to Brandy Nālani McDougall’s curation, Poem-a-Day this month is honoring Pacific Islander poets for Asian American/Pacific Islander Month. Read more about McDougall’s curation, featured in Pacific Daily News, and listen to McDougall discuss her curatorial approach, read her poems, and more on Poets.org.  
 

 

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: What Is Found There: Surprise in the Lyric Poem, a craft lab with Jay Deshpande, hosted by Brooklyn Poets. Consider what it actually means to surprise a reader and talk about ways to get around cliché—the enemy of surprise. Sunday, May 22 at 5 p.m. ET. Financial aid available! Register here. (Sponsored).
 

 

Congratulations to this year’s National Youth Poet Laureate finalists: Jessica Kim (Los Angeles); Alyssa Gaines (Indianapolis); Elizabeth Shvarts (New York City); and Isabella Ramirez (South Florida). Hosted by Kennedy Center Next 50 Leader, Mahogany L. Browne, the event will be held in person and available via livestream on the Kennedy Center’s Facebook page and the event page via YouTube. Friday, May 20 at 6 p.m. EST.  The event will also feature special guests from the Washington, D.C. Youth Poet Laureate Program. The 2022-23 National Youth Poet Laureate will be announced. Register here.