Poem-a-Day - Our gift to you for #GivingTuesday

November 30, 2021

Dear Reader—

Two weeks ago, I was lucky to gather with over 5,000 poets and readers for an evening of poems shared by the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors.

The occasion—Gather in Poems—was a moving opportunity, not only to share virtual space with so many of this art form’s most ardent supporters, but also to join together in celebration of poetry’s unique ability to connect us.

In honor of Giving Tuesday, and in gratitude for you as a member of our community, I would like to share that evening’s presentation with you once more.

Gather in Poems, November 18, 2021

I hope you’ll forward this video and share the poems that were read with your loved ones, and know, as Gwendolyn Brooks said best, “We are each other’s / magnitude and bond.”

With gratitude and warm wishes,

Jennifer Benka
Executive Director

P.S. We are grateful for the support of our readers, whose donations make our free programs and publications possible. As we enter the giving season, I hope you’ll consider including the Academy of American Poets in your end-of-year contributions.

Gather in Poems

Revisit the poems read as part of our gathering with the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors:

“Island” by Langston Hughes, read by Ellen Bass
“If You Knew” by Ellen Bass
“How to Apologize” by Ellen Bass
“Quotidian” by Natasha Trethewey
“Beeches” by David St. John
“The Park” by David St. John
“Hotbed 66” by Nikky Finney
“Muscular Fantasy” by Terrance Hayes
“From LOCK DOWN IMPROMPTKU” by Marilyn Chin
“What the Silence Said” by Marie Howe
“Unto Ourselves III: To See What’s There” by Forrest Gander
“If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert” by Natalie Diaz
“& After the Power Came Back” by Brenda Hillman
“Autumn Ritual with Hate Turned Sideways” by Brenda Hillman
“Some Kinds of Forever Visit You” by Brenda Hillman
“Halter” by Kevin Young
“Dog Star” by Kevin Young
“Russet” by Kevin Young
“Emily Said” by Dorianne Laux
“I heard a Fly buzz (465)” by Emily Dickinson, read by Dorianne Laux
“Last Days” by Kwame Dawes
“Eat” by Kwame Dawes
“Mothership” by Tracy K. Smith
“We Feel Now A Largeness Coming On” by Tracy K. Smith
“Without” by Joy Harjo

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Poem-a-Day - Our gift to you for #GivingTuesday

Gather in Poems

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