Poem-a-Day - "in the New Year we shall be as gods"

December 27, 2022
Poems for the New Year
 
The New Year” by Carrie Williams Clifford
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet” by Joy Harjo
Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me” by Jane Hirshfield
The New Decade” by Hieu Minh Nguyen
Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Archaic Torso of Apollo” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Elegy in Joy” by Muriel Rukeyser
The Passing of the Year” by Robert W. Service
Never Ever” by Brenda Shaughnessy
January” by William Carlos Williams
“There is an early stage when the poem becomes more important than the poet; one can see it as a transition from the lesser egotism to the greater.”

In honor of New Year resolutions, read the essay “Poetry and Ambition” by Donald Hall
 
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“I’m enjoying reading Adrian Matejka’s new book, Somebody Else Sold the World, and it’s easy to point to musicality and improvisation as signature strengths of his.”

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 Kundiman is accepting applications for its 2023 Retreat through January 15, 2023. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to develop your writing in community with fellow Asian American writers. Learn more and apply here.

 #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: the 49th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon hosted by Poetry Coalition member The Poetry Project. Featuring readings by over 150 poets and performers from around the world. Saturday, January 1, from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Poetry Project (St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY) and via livestream. Learn more 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 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 18: “Winter: A Dirge” by Robert Burns 
December 19: “Charles Baudelaire and I Meet in the Oval Garden’” by John Yau
December 20: “Origin of Planets” by Jennifer Foerster
December 21: “Owl” by Anne Haven McDonnell
December 22: “Retirement” by Monica Sok
December 23:  “Abstract with Red Square” by Jenny Xie
December 24: “Snow in the Suburbs” by Thomas Hardy
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

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Monday, December 26, 2022

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Sunday, December 25, 2022

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"Snow in the Suburbs" by Thomas Hardy

Saturday, December 24, 2022

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“Abstract with Red Square” by Jenny Xie

Friday, December 23, 2022

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