"I count, this first day of another year, what remains"

In Memoriam

The Academy of American Poets mourns the loss of these voices in 2023. Please join us in remembering these poets through their words:

“I Met My Solitude” by Naomi Replansky (May 23, 1918-January 7, 2023)
“Hide and Seek” by Charles Simic (May 9, 1938-January 9, 2023)
“Traveling Light” by Linda Pastan (May 27, 1932- January 30, 2023)
“On. On. Stop. Stop.” by Saskia Hamilton (May 5, 1967-June 7, 2023)
“The Cabbage Butterfly” by Minnie Bruce Pratt (September 12, 1946-July 2, 2023)
“Below the Earth” by Keith Waldrop (December 11,1932-July 27, 2023)
“The Night Migrations” by Louise Glück (April 22, 1943-October 13, 2023)
“The Soldier” by David Ferry (1924-November 5, 2023)
“More Than Something Else” by Rainy Dawn Ortiz (July 5, 1973-December 6, 2023)

Poems for the New Year

“Everything is Exactly the Same as it Was the Day Before” by Ina Cariño
“The New Year” by Carrie Williams Clifford
“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
“Recurrence” by Dorothy Parker
“This Morning, This First Poem” by Afaa Michael Weaver