"Full moon rising on the waters of my heart"

December 6, 2022

Celebrating December

In honor of December, read poems by a few poets born this month from Poets.org:

“[Again and again, even though we know love’s landscape]” by Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875)
“It’s a Long Way” by William Stanley Braithwaite (December 6, 1878)
“XLV [Before the ice is in the pools]” by Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830)
“A Blessing” by James Wright (December 13, 1917)
“Elegy in Joy [excerpt]” by Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913)
“There may be chaos still around the world” by George Santayana (December 16, 1863)
“The Sympathies of the Long Married” by Robert Bly (December 23, 1926)
“Evening Song” Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894)

“In the midst of trouble, chaos, or outright catastrophe, memorable poetry ushers in purpose and clarity, helping a community make sense of life’s challenges and tragedies.”

Read an interview with Cyrus Cassells, 2022 Poet Laureate Fellow, and poet laureate of Texas from 2021–22.

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“I discovered that when I finished a book of my own poetry, I oftentimes felt exhausted and wasn’t sure what to do next. And that was a really fruitful time to turn to translation and to look at someone else’s work and sort of dive into their worldview and their vision and world.”

Arthur Sze is the author of many books, including The Glass Constellation (Copper Canyon Press, 2021) and Sight Lines (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), which received the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry. Read and listen to Sze discuss the Poem-a-Day curatorial approach and more on Poets.org.

“The Shapes of Leaves”
“At the Equinox”
“Scintillant”
“Río Chamita”

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Watch Jessica Revell read Yrsa Daley-Ward’s poem “Emergency Warning,” as part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation’s Read By series of poetry films.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: SEAM: a virtual poetry reading series hosted by Kristina Andersson Bicher and Kathleen Ossip featuring David Baker, Chen Chen, and Suzi F. Garcia. Sunday, December 11, at 3 p.m. ET. Register here.

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Apply for the 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships

The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships are $50,000 awards given to honor poets of literary merit appointed to serve in civic positions and to enable them to undertake meaningful, impactful, and innovative projects that engage their fellow residents, including youth, with poetry, helping to address issues important to their communities, as well as create new work. We are accepting applications for the 2023 fellowships until February 17, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Find out more here.

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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).

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Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, is seeking an instructional assistant professor – English, creative writing.
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Revisit last week’s Poem-a-Day selections with us on Poets.org:

November 27: “The Harp of Broken Strings” by John Rollin Ridge
November 28: “Vestiges” by Ángel García
November 29: “Unarcheology of ‘Father’” by George Abraham
November 30: “Still Life of Cárdenas Hacienda with Cats” by Victoriano Cárdenas
December 1: “Inupiaq Women” by dg nanouk okpik
December 2: “Sunflowers” by Jenny George
December 3: “To a Wreath of Snow” by Emily Brontë

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Rainer Maria Rilke William Stanley Braithwaite Copper Canyon Press PoemaDay curatorial approach The Glass Constellation

"Full moon rising on the waters of my heart"

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"Triptych" by Sherwin Bitsui

"At Sixty-Five" by Henri Cole

"The Aim Was Song" by Robert Frost

"To a Wreath of Snow" by Emily Brontë

"Sunflowers" by Jenny George

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