"Even this late the bones of the body shine"

December 20, 2022
Poems for the Holiday Season
 
[little tree]” by E. E. Cummings
Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing” by Toi Derricotte
Christmas Carol” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Wonder and Joy” by Robinson Jeffers
The Black Santa” by Allison Joseph
The Feast of Lights” by Emma Lazarus
Holidays” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hanukkah Lights” by Philip M. Raskin
Recollections of My Christmas Tree” by Mary Ruefle
The Coming of Light” by Mark Strand
“Poems are acts of attention—they can wake us up to the here and now. Eco-poetry and eco-writing can ground us in the conditions of the place where we are, uncovering layers of local history, human ecologies, and natural ecologies.” 

Read an interview with B. K. Fischer, 2022 Poet Laureate Fellow, and poet laureate of Westchester County in New York. Read poems by Fischer on Poets.org: 

Museum of Menstruation” 
Perceptive” 
Week 30 (Maternity Bathing Suit)” 
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“I would direct readers to the poem ‘Prayer’ by Jorie Graham. And it’s a short poem; it’s a marvelous poem that begins with observing a stream of minnows. And I love how it moves from the visible to the invisible world; how, in its syntax, it enacts a swaying and large, deep, generous vision of life.”

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
 
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Poetry Coalition member Lambda Literary is accepting applications for The Writer’s Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, the nation’s premier LGBTQ writing residency. Applications are open through January 18 for fellowships in seven genres and their new multi-genre virtual fellowship program. Learn more and apply here

100 Poems That Matter

Get your copy of 100 Poems That Matter, a new anthology from the Academy of American Poets and Andrews McMeel, and share which poems matter to you on social media using the hashtag #PoemsThatMatter.  

 #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: “New Darlings: Reading Contemporary Poetry” presents a reading and discussion of poems by Academy of American Poets Chancellor Nikky Finney. Curated by 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow Georgina Marie Guardado and Jennifer Mills Kerr. Friday, December 23, at 5 p.m. PST. Register here

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Watch Darrel Alejandro Holnes read Derek Walcott’s poem “Sea-Grapes,” as part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation’s Read By series of poetry films.

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 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). 

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

December 11: from “Parallax” by Nancy Cunard
December 12: “Rendering from ‘Historia Verdadera: Capítulo CLII’” by Chloe Garcia Roberts
December 13: “Onta” by Dan Beachy-Quick
December 14: “apocalyptic lyric” by Cintia Santana
December 15: from “Giornata” by Gregory Pardlo
December 16:  “[Early lexicographers and missionaries]” by Jeffrey Yang
December 17: “Theft” by Esther Popel
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“Origin of Planets” by Jennifer Elise Foerster

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

In this version, the valley / lime green after rain / rolls its tides before us. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 20, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Origin of Planets Jennifer

“Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the Oval Garden” by John Yau

Monday, December 19, 2022

Which windowpane are you beating your wings against today? Facebook Twitter Instagram December 19, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the Oval Garden

"Winter: A Dirge" by Robert Burns

Sunday, December 18, 2022

The wintry west extends his blast, / And hail and rain does blaw; Facebook Twitter Instagram December 18, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift Winter: A Dirge Robert Burns The wintry

"apocalyptic lyric" by Cintia Santana

Friday, December 16, 2022

a line break / is a kind of lie Facebook Twitter Instagram December 14, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift apocalyptic lyric Cintia Santana a line break is a kind of lie my friend

from “Giornata” by Gregory Pardlo

Friday, December 16, 2022

My father Bacchus wanted a daughter instead of me. Facebook Twitter Instagram December 15, 2022 Support Poem-a-Day with a Special Year-end Gift from “Giornata” Gregory Pardlo 8. My father Bacchus

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