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October 12, 2021

Poems for Music

With Autumn comes a desire to wander around, listening to favorite songs. Read these poems inspired by and about music on Poets.org:

“Some Call It God” by Jabari Asim
“Ode to the Duduk” by Peter Balakian
“Flute Song” by H. D.
“My Song” by Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.
“Cabaret” by Langston Hughes
“A Poem for Ella Fitzgerald” by Sonia Sanchez
“Duet” by Lisa Russ Spaar

This Week: Poetry & Social Change

Join us this week for a virtual conversation with Academy Chancellors Natalie Diaz, Nikky Finney, Joy Harjo, Tracy K. Smith, The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Executive Director Kyle Dacuyan, and award-winning author Eve L. Ewing on the unique role that poetry plays in civic dialogue and social change. Thursday, October 14, at 7 p.m. EDT. Register for this free, virtual event here.

A Special Opportunity for High School Students:
the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest

The Academy of American Poets invites students living in the United States, U.S. Territories, or Tribal Nations who are in grades 9 through 12 to enter artwork to be considered for the National Poetry Month poster in 2022. The winner will be selected by co-judges Rafael López, New York Times-bestselling illustrator and artist, and Nikki Grimes, New York Times-bestselling author and poet. The winning student’s artwork will be featured on the official National Poetry Month poster in 2022, which will be distributed to classrooms, libraries, bookstores, community centers, families, and individuals nationwide in time for the April celebration.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Twin Cities Book Festival

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: a Twin Cities Book Festival Event featuring poets Achy Obejas and Phillip B. Williams in conversation with Gary Dop. Tuesday, October 12, at 6:30 p.m. EDT. Register for this free virtual event here.

Submit to the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

The Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize is given to honor exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment at present. Poems for the 2022 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize will be judged by environmental thought-leader and activist Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Submissions will be accepted until November 15, 2021.

The Academy of American Poets is seeking a full-time Membership & Development Associate who will assist in work to grow the base of supporters of the organization to meet fundraising goals.

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City is seeking a full-time Senior Editor who will report to and work closely with the Managing Editor and the editorial team.

Graywolf Press in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is seeking two interns for a six-month Publishing and Editorial Internship.

Safiya Sinclair on Curating Poem-a-Day

Listen to Safiya Sinclair, author of Cannibal (University of Nebraska Press, 2016), discuss her curatorial approach and her own creative work.

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

October 3: “Bond” by Juana de Ibarbourou
October 4: “Lover” by Ada Limón
October 5: “Not My Ancestors” by Bettina Judd
October 6: “Burden, old story.” by francine j. harris
October 7: “pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag” by Aurielle Marie
October 8: from “Passage” by Shara McCallum
October 9: “Yesterday and To-Day” by Narciso Tondreau, translated by Agnes Blake Poor

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Join Us This Week for Poetry & Social Change, Poems for Music, and more

Poems for Music

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"Departure" by Erika L. Sánchez

"Belt is Just Another Verb for Song" by torrin a. greathouse

"Caprice" by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, translated by Peter H. Goldsmith

Join us next week for Poetry & Social Change, plus other free virtual events this fall

"pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag" by Aurielle Marie

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