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

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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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