“Virginia, Autumn,” Molly McCully Brown

“With the Lark,” Paul Laurence Dunbar

“The White-headed Woodpecker,” Sean Hill

“The Flight of the Crows,” Emily Pauline Johnson

“Drowning Creek,” Ada Limón

“The Bluebird,” Alexander Posey

“Gone with the Swallows,” Ameen Rihani

“This Flight,” Pat Schneider

“The Function of a Wing,” Emma Trelles

“Parable of the Magpie’s Name,” Monica Youn

from our archives

A letter from Sylvia Plath to Harrison Eudy after winning one of the Academy’s College Poetry Prizes in 1955. In honor of Plath’s birthday on October 27, 1932, read her poems.

enjambments

“A poem about sorting junk mail can also be a poem about grief because grief finds us in everything.”

Read the latest enjambments interview with Abbie Kiefer on Certain Shelter (June Road Press, 2024), including a selection of poems.

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gather in poems

Join us for Gather in Poems, a reading and celebration of our ninetieth anniversary, on Thursday, November 7, at 7:30 pm EST. Register here.

pick of the week

Join Words Without Borders at the Edison Ballroom on October 30 to celebrate the power of global literature! Featuring honorary chair Elif Batuman, chair David Drake, and host Jeremy Tiang. (Sponsored)