Poem-a-Day - Poems for Fourth of July

June 29, 2021

Poems for Fourth of July

Share and read these poems for Fourth of July weekend, as we reflect on and fight for a better tomorrow:

“In Our Late Empire, Love” by Malachi Black
“America, I Sing Back” by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
“I, Too” by Langston Hughes
“Dear America” by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson
“A New National Anthem” by Ada Limón
“Old South Meeting House” by January Gill O’Neil
“United” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Day of the Refugios” by Alberto Ríos

Celebrate Pride Month

To celebrate and honor Pride Month, we’ve curated this selection of poems, audio, videos, essays, books, and more highlighting LGBTQ+ voices and experiences.

Watch and listen to John Murillo read Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “One Art,” as part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation’s Read By series of poetry films.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Curated Conversation(s): A Latinx Poetry Show

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Curated Conversation(s): A Latinx Poetry Show. Join Michael Torres and Diana Marie Delgado, who will discuss Torres’ debut collection, An Incomplete List of Names. Co-hosted by The Writer’s Center, Duende District, Poet Lore, and Letras Latinas. Tuesday, June 29 at 8 p.m. EDT. Register for this free virtual event here.

Join us in congratulating Academy Chancellor Joy Harjo, who was awarded two honorary doctor of humane letters degrees from the State University of New York and University of Pennsylvania, and was one of eight inductees to the 2021 National Native American Hall of Fame.

The 2021–2022 Poetry Coalition Fellowships

The Poetry Coalition, a network of over twenty-five poetry organizations coordinated by the Academy of American Poets, is pleased to announce the 2021–2022 Poetry Coalition Fellowships, which are paid fellowship positions for five individuals who will each assist a different Poetry Coalition organization for twenty hours per week over the course of a forty-week period. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, July 6.

Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, is seeking a full-time General Manager to oversee all of its retail operations. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to jobs@greenlightbookstore.com.
Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, is seeking a tenure track Assistant Professor of Classical Literature to hold the Vincent J. Rosivach Professorship of Classical Studies.
The University of Arizona’s Poetry Center in Tucson is seeking a full-time Event Coordinator to support the Poetry Center’s affiliation with CantoMundo, the Art for Justice Program, among other responsibilities.

In this short Q&A, June Poem-a-Day guest editor, Anaïs Duplan, author of Blackspace: On the Poetics of an Afrofuture (Black Ocean, 2020), discusses their curatorial approach and their own creative work.

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

June 20: “I, Lover” by Elsa Gidlow
June 21: “Disintegrating Calculus Problem” by McKenzie Toma
June 22: “Commas” by Miller Oberman
June 23: “Remote Disjunctions” by Mónica de la Torre
June 24: “Felt Flowers” by Noah Baldino
June 25: “As dogs” by Rachel B. Glaser
June 26: “Little Grey Dreams” by Angelina Weld Grimké

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Poem-a-Day - Poems for Fourth of July

Poems for Fourth of July

Celebrate Pride Month

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"Aspiration" by Tian-Ai

"With the Lark" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

"Little Grey Dreams" by Angelina Weld Grimké

"As dogs" by Rachel B. Glaser

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