"One need not be a chamber—to be haunted—"

October 25, 2022

Halloween

“One Need Not be a Chamber — to be Haunted” by Emily Dickinson
“The Night is Darkening Round Me” by Emily Brontë
“The Sleeper” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Dirge” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Sonnet 44” by Charlotte Smith
“Porphyria's Lover” by Robert Browning
“The Vampire” by Delmira Agustini
“October” by Evalyn Callahan Shaw

Join the Academy of American Poets on Thursday, November 17 at 7 p.m. ET for a free, virtual offering of poems and community with readings from Juan Felipe Herrera, Taylor Johnson, Marilyn Nelson, TC Tolbert, and more.

RSVP here. This event will be presented as a live stream on YouTube, with closed captioning provided.

We are thrilled to share that the 2023-2024 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read features fifteen titles, including poetry by Academy Chancellor Natalie Diaz, Ross Gay, and Ilya Kaminsky. Learn more about this
grant opportunity to support community-wide reading programs nationwide.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Join NJPAC City Verses, in collaboration with Newark Public Library’s Poetry For the Public, for a special New Jersey-focused reading and workshop series held in person at the Philip Roth Personal Library (5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ). The next installment features Ameerah Shabazz on Tuesday, October 25, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Learn more here. (Sponsored)

Deadline Approaching: 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 a multi-year funding opportunity for literary organizations that present or serve poets, or that 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.

“I don’t think you can step away or look away from a lot of the injustices that are happening as we are writing poems, as we are reading poems.”

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo is the author of Children of the Land: A Memoir (Harper Collins, 2020) and Cenzontle (BOA Editions, 2018), which Brenda Shaughnessy selected as the winner of the 2017 A. Poulin, Jr. Prize). Read and listen to Castillo discuss the Poem-a-Day curatorial approach and more on Poets.org.

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).

Apply for the 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a $1,000 award recognizing a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year. The 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award will be judged by Anna Deeny Morales. Learn more and apply here by February 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET).

Split This Rock in Washington, DC, is seeking a literary arts programs director, managing director, and a part-time, contracted grant writer.
United States Artists is seeking an executive coordinator and an external affairs manager.
Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, New Mexico, is seeking an assistant professor of creative writing.

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

October 16: “The Shadow on the Stone” by Thomas Hardy
October 17: “Mimesis” by Farid Matuk
October 18: “Singing Funeral” by féi hernandez
October 19: “The Immigrant” by Aline Mello
October 20: “Azaleas” by Esther Lin
October 21: “Greensickness” by Laurel Chen
October 22: “A Coast-Nightmare” by Christina Rossetti

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"One need not be a chamber—to be haunted—"

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Older messages

"Overalls" by Alan Pelaez Lopez

"Lake of the Isles" by Anni Liu

"An Invite to Eternity" by John Clare

"A Coast-Nightmare" by Christina Rossetti

"Greensickness" by Laurel Chen

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