"Let not the brutal daylight / Shatter this image to shards"

September 27, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month

“Love” by Hermogénes Irisarri, translated by Agnes Blake Poor
“Canción” by John II of Castile, translated by George Ticknor
“Intimate Prayer” by Antonio Nicolás Blanco
“Nocturne” by José Asunción Silva
“To Her Portrait” by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, translated by Roderick Gill
“Tomorrow” by Lope de Vega, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Ecstasy” by Gabriela Mistral, translated by Muna Lee

Happy publication day to Martian: The Saint of Loneliness (Nomadic Press, 2022) by James Cagney, winner of the 2021 James Laughlin Award. Read more about Cagney and the James Laughlin Award, including past winners.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: The Merwin Conservancy gathers virtually to celebrate W. S. Merwin’s legacy on his birthday. Academy of American Poets Chancellor Emeritus Arthur Sze, Academy of American Poets Fellow Camille T. Dungy, Victoria Chang, Pádraig Ó Tuama, and others will read Merwin’s poems. Friday, September 30, at 6 p.m. ET. Register for this free event here. (Sponsored)

Don’t miss Afro-Latinx Poetry Now, presented by Poetry Coalition founding member Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies, in partnership with the Initiative on Race and Resilience, at the University of Notre Dame. This in-person and virtual gathering from September 27–28 strives to create space to center Blackness within the literary community.

Watch and listen to Sarah M. Sala read “Hydrogen” as part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation’s Read By series of poetry films.

Academy of American Poets’ Capacity-Building Grant Program

Eligible organizations are still able to apply for two-year grants of $5,000–$25,000 each year, or $10,000–$50,000 total, to support capacity-building initiatives. The grant program is multi-year funding opportunity for literary organizations that present or serve poets, or incorporate poetry as part of their programming. Applications will be accepted through October 28 at 5 p.m. ET on the Academy of American Poets Submittable page. Learn more about eligibility requirements. The Academy of American Poets and CLMP hosted a joint information session for interested applicants on September 16. A recording of the session is available here.

Guggenheim Museum 2023 Poet-in-Residence

Submissions are still open for the Guggenheim Museum’s 2023 Poet-in-Residence. Working with the Guggenheim’s Public Programs department, the poet-in-residence will design activations and experiences with poetry as an artistic form for the museum’s adult, teen, and youth audiences. Applications are being accepted through October 16. View the full eligibility guidelines on the Poet-in-Residence Initiative page and submit all materials through Submittable.

Enter the 2023 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

The Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize is given to honor exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment. First place receives $1,000; second place, $750; and third place, $500. Winning poems will be featured in our popular Poem-a-Day series. The 2023 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize will be judged by climate scientist and author Dr. Peter Kalmus and poet Matthew Olzmann. Learn more and apply here, by November 15, 2022 (11:59 p.m. ET).

Cynthia Hogue is the author of ten poetry collections, including instead, it is dark (Red Hen Press, 2023). Read and listen to Hogue discuss the Poem-a-Day curatorial approach and more on Poets.org.

Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, is seeking a full-time events coordinator. Email resume to jobs@greenlightbookstore.com.
Utah State University is seeking a full-time assistant professor of English in poetry writing.

Revisit last week’s Poem-a-Day selections with us on Poets.org:

September 18: “The Bird-Choros of Ion” by Euripides, translated by H. D.
September 19: “Pathogenesis” by Aliah Lavonne Tigh
September 20: “Ore Choir: The Priest Questions the Lava” by Katy Didden
September 21: “Observation Deck” by Jóhann Hjálmarsson
September 22: “Men Who Think I Am One of Them Speak” by Stacey Waite
September 23: “Conjure” by Rachel Blau DuPlessis
September 24: “Near the Shrine of Saint Naum” by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid

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"Let not the brutal daylight / Shatter this image to shards"

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"How To Forgive" by Susan Nguyen

"At Memphis Station" by Johannes V. Jensen, translated by S. Foster Damon

"Near the Shrine of Saint Naum" by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid

"Conjure" by Rachel Blau DuPlessis

"Men Who Think I Am One of Them Speak" by Stacey Waite

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