Full Moon Poems, Poetry & Labor, National Student Poets Ceremony, and more

October 19, 2021

Poems for the Full Moon

Spend some time reflecting on this week’s full moon with these poems from Poets.org:

“City Moon” by Francisco Aragón
“i love you to the moon &” by Chen Chen
“The Wish Book” by Alex Lemon
“The New Moon” by Langston Hughes
from “Blue Dark” by Deborah Landau
“Harvest Moon” by George Marion McClellan
“Looking at the Moon After Rain” by Li Po
“Dusk in Autumn” by Sara Teasdale
“Song of the Moon” by Priscilla Jane Thompson

Poetry & Labor

Join us on Thursday, November 4, for Chancellor Conversations: Poetry & Labor with Kwame Dawes, Brenda Hillman, Marie Howe, Dorianne Laux, and Natasha Trethewey, on the poet’s labor and how poetry envisions itself as a piece of work. Thursday, November 4, at 7 p.m. EDT. Register for this free, virtual event here.

Bring the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read to your Community

The 2022–2023 NEA Big Read features brand new titles, including poetry by Ross Gay, Ilya Kaminsky, and Natalie Diaz. If you're interested in starting a reading program in your community with one of the books on the list, you can apply for a grant! The deadline for applications is January 26, 2022. For complete grant guidelines and to apply, visit: arts.gov/neabigread.

National Student Poets Program
Class of 2021 Appointment Ceremony

Don’t miss the premiere of the Class of 2021 National Student Poets Program Appointment Ceremony, which will feature Academy Chancellor Natasha Trethewey, alongside the 2020 and 2021 Classes of National Student Poets. Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 20, at 7 p.m. EDT.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Writing Poetry for the Environment

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: Use Your Voice: Writing Poetry for the Environment, a virtual writing workshop for teens hosted by Write the World. Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, October 24 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT. Learn more here. (Sponsored)

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.

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.

In Case You Missed Poetry & Social Change

Thank you for joining us last October 14 for Chancellor Conversations: Poetry & Social Change, a conversation on the unique role that poetry plays in civic dialogue with Kyle Dacuyan, Natalie Diaz, Eve L. Ewing, Nikky Finney, Joy Harjo, and Tracy K. Smith. Watch the replay here.

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.

Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, is seeking a full-time Professor of Creative Writing to teach beginning and advanced undergraduate poetry workshops, among other responsibilities.

The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York, is seeking a full-time Bookstore Manager to oversee the operations of the store. To apply, send a cover letter and resume to jobs@centerforfiction.org with the subject line “Bookstore Manager 2021.”

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 10: “Caprice” by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, translated by Peter H. Goldsmith
October 11: “Belt Is Just Another Verb for Song” by torrin a. greathouse
October 12: “Departure” by Erika L. Sánchez
October 13: “Driving” by Lisa Russ Spaar
October 14: “Proof” by Tiana Clark
October 15: “Under the Tuscan Sun (2003): A Romance I̶n̶t̶e̶r̶r̶u̶p̶t̶e̶d̶” by Edil Hassan
October 16: “Journey” by Leopoldo Lugones, translated by Muna Lee

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Full Moon Poems, Poetry & Labor, National Student Poets Ceremony, and more

Poems for the Full Moon

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"Waiting for Your Call" by Aria Aber

"Incantation of the First Order" by Rita Dove

"Running Water" by Alfonsina Storni, translated by Muna Lee

"Journey" by Leopoldo Lugones, translated by Muna Lee

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