Poem-a-Day - "What’s more American?"

July 3, 2024

fourth of july

“On the Backs of American Bison”
b: william bearhart

“There are no kings in America”
Aileen Cassinetto

“[the fourth of July – is Surely come]”
David Drake

“Democracy Americana”
Myronn Hardy

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
James Weldon Johnson

“A New National Anthem”
Ada Limón

“New American”
Huascar Medina

“United”
Naomi Shihab Nye

“Ghazal: America the Beautiful”
Alicia Ostriker

“Day of the Refugios”
Alberto Ríos

[American Journal]
Alison C. Rollins

“I Hear America Singing”
Walt Whitman

july birthdays

“Love at First Sight” Wislawa Szymborska
July 2, 1923

“Amos, 1963” Margaret Walker
July 7, 1915

“Love for This Book” Pablo Neruda
July 12, 1904

“Sonnet” Alice Dunbar-Nelson
July 19, 1875

“Recitative” Hart Crane
July 21, 1899

“The New Higher” John Ashbery
July 28, 1927

“The Layers” Stanley Kunitz
July 29, 1905

The Glimpse, a podcast produced by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, features conversations between poets about their work and poems that inspire them. Hosted by Camille Rankine, guest poets for season one include John Murillo, Ama Codjoe, and Kaveh Akbar, with a new episode every Tuesday. Listen here.

from our archives

The first postage stamps went on sale in New York City on July 1, 1847. In honor, take a look at this series of U.S. postage stamps featuring poets Edgar Lee Masters, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robinson Jeffers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, T. S. Eliot, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Teach This Poem, Volume I: The Natural World
Out Today!

Published through Routledge’s Eye on Education series and collected together for the first time in print, these Teach This Poem lessons offer accessible entry-points to teaching poetry in the classroom, inviting readers to reflect on the natural world through prescient and urgent poems.

Aligned with current standards and pedagogy, the lessons in this book will inspire educators and their students alike.

Get your copy today! Use the discount code AAP20 by September 19 for 20% off.

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This summer, write with Academy Chancellor Diane Seuss

Need help getting a poem started? Every Wednesday, from July 10 to July 31, we will be sharing brand new prompts by Seuss in the Academy Newsletter.

Let a loved one know and encourage them to subscribe!

#poetrynearyou pick of the week

On Thursday, July 11, join The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in presenting the prestigious Fuller Award to Academy Chancellor Patricia Smith for her lifetime contributions to literature. Co-presented by the Poetry Foundation, American Writers Museum, and Guild Literary Complex, the ceremony is free and open to both in-person and live stream attendees.

more at poets.org

jobs for poets

The Academy of American Poets in New York, New York, is seeking a full-time development coordinator.
The Poetry Coalition is seeking paid, part-time fellows at CantoMundo, Indigenous Nations Poets (In-Na-Po), Letras Latinas, Mass Poetry, O, Miami, The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, and Urban Word. Individuals with a passion for poetry and an interest in arts administration can learn more and apply here by July 3.
The New York Department of Cultural Affairs is inviting submissions for panelists.

For more opportunities, visit our jobs page for current openings in other organizations, universities, bookstores, and schools.

last week’s poem-a-day

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

“Greenness” Angelina Weld Grimké
“What good news in the world” Paolo Javier
“Niche” Anthony Vahni Capildeo
“without a word” Trish Salah
“savage” Pamela Mordecai
“Asylum Seeker” Maral Taheri
“In Summer” Lord Alfred Douglas

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Poem-a-Day - "What’s more American?"

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