"the pipes in November clanging on with heat"

November 15, 2022

Poems in November

“One Way or Another” by Maya C. Popa
“November” by Lynna Odel
“Essay on November” by Stephen Kuusisto
“November” by Lucy Larcom
“The Day I Saw Barack Obama Reading Derek Walcott’s Collected Poems” by Yusef Komunyakaa

“November Night” by Adelaide Crapsey
“Kristin’s Dream in November” by Bernadette Mayer
“November Cotton Flower” by Jean Toomer

“Juxtaposition in the poetry helps me bring together two different things next to each other in [such] a way [that] the reader sees the comparison in the poem.”

Read an interview with dg nanouk okpik, author of Blood Snow, published through Wave Books in October. Enjoy new poems from the collection on Poets.org:

“Spring Thaw”
“Twilight Pain”
“Anthropocene Years”

Now through tomorrow, November 16, enter for a chance to win a free copy of 100 Poems That Matter, a new poetry anthology from the Academy of American Poets and Andrews McMeel! Enter here.

Join us this Thursday, November 17, at 7 p.m. EST for Gather in Poems: a special reading and offering of community featuring Hanif Abdurraqib, Marie Howe, Tracy K. Smith, Mai Der Vang, and other award-winning poets sharing works by Joy Harjo, Yusef Komunyakaa, Arthur Sze, and more. This free event will be presented as a live stream on YouTube with closed captioning provided. RSVP here.

The Academy of American Poets at the 2022 Miami Book Fair

Watch Academy of American Poets Chancellor Emerita Sharon Olds discuss her new poetry collection, Balladz (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022), which is a finalist for the National Book Award. Stream it on-demand here.

This Friday, join Academy Chancellor Emerita Jorie Graham for a reading from her new collection [To] The Last [Be] Human (Copper Canyon Press, 2022). Stream this virtual event starting November 18.

“There are images of a pair of working hands; there are images of mothers and the body. There’s both wander and protest.”

Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers (Milkweed, 2019), which was selected by Kathy Fagan for the 2018 National Poetry Series and received the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Read and listen to Skeets discuss the Poem-a-Day curatorial approach and more on Poets.org.

Stream World in Verse, a celebration of poetry in translation hosted by Words Without Borders in partnership with the Academy of American Poets, featuring readings in Arabic, French, Malay, and Spanish by Samira Negrouche, Marilyn Hacker, Zahid M. Naser, Pauline Fan, and more. Watch the recording here.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: NJPAC unites the leading voices in jazz, hip-hop, and poetry with Represent! Witness history in the making when you experience Up Next, a showcase of the next generation of poets, followed by DJ Storm Norm the General on the ones and twos, hosted by R&B superstar Monifah. Learn more here. (Sponsored)

Deadline Today: 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 Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (11:59 p.m. ET).

Apply for the 2023 Ambroggio Prize

The Ambroggio Prize is a $1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. The winning manuscript is published by University of Arizona Press. The 2023 Ambroggio Prize will be judged by Achy Obejas. Learn more and apply here by February 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET).

Graywolf Press in Minneapolis is seeking a full-time publicist.
Shakespeare and Co. in New York City is seeking a full-time bookstore general manager. To apply, email a resume to steve@shakeandco.com.
University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is seeking a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor of English to teach creative nonfiction.

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

November 6: “Truth Is Mortal” by Too-qua-stee
November 7: “Echo of Origin” by John James
November 8: “Deer’s Breath of Every Color” by Max Early
November 9: “Coyote Sees Himself in Water” by Tacey M. Atsitty
November 10: “There Is No San Lenín” by Chip Livingston
November 11: “Curve Waves” by Boderra Joe
November 12: “Lines Written at Castle Island, Lake Superior” by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

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Maya C Popa two different things dg nanouk okpik Tracy K Smith Mai Der Vang other awardwinning poets new poetry anthology November Cotton Flower

"the pipes in November clanging on with heat"

Key phrases

Older messages

"Resistors" by Brandon Som

"Navajo Mountain" by Norla Chee

"Man Hesitates but Life Urges" by D'Arcy McNickle

"Lines Written at Castle Island, Lake Superior" by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

"Curve Waves" by Boderra Joe

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