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12/25/2024
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"My Dead Relatives" by Myrna Nieves
All my loved ones are gone // Those who inhabited my distant town December 25, 2024 donate My Dead Relatives Myrna Nieves All my loved ones are gone Those who inhabited my distant town How I miss A
12/24/2024
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"sueño convulso (seizure dream)" by Urayoán Noel
where am I / ordinary explosión / de las sienes hundred temples December 24, 2024 donate sueño convulso (seizure dream) Urayoán Noel Isabela, Puerto Rico where am I ordinary explosión de las sienes
12/23/2024
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"2020 A Year to Forget" by Nancy Mercado
Earth put a roaring halt / to our empty rabid existence December 23, 2024 donate 2020 A Year to Forget Nancy Mercado Earth put a roaring halt to our empty rabid existence ceasing marathon plastic
12/22/2024
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"Christmas on the Border, 1929" by Alberto Ríos
1929, the early days of the Great Depression. The desert air was biting, December 22, 2024 donate Christmas on the Border, 1929 Alberto Ríos Based on local newspaper reports and recollections from the
12/21/2024
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Inspire the next generation of poets, thinkers, and dreamers
View this email in your browser In 2024, the Academy of American Poets brought poetry education to students in all fifty states through our Teach this Poem and and Dear Poet programs, thanks to the
12/21/2024
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"Winter Stores" by Charlotte Brontë
We take from life one little share, / And say that this shall be December 21, 2024 donate Winter Stores Charlotte Brontë We take from life one little share, And say that this shall be A space, redeemed
12/20/2024
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"herederos de cero" by Sheila Maldonado
I've returned from the question / the motherland December 20, 2024 donate herederos de cero Sheila Maldonado I've returned from the question the motherland a continually illegitimate
12/19/2024
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"stand against the wind / listen."
December 19, 2024 2025 Poem-a-Day Guest Editors Reading a poem daily is a small act with profound impact. As part of our efforts to bring the transformative power of poetry to a growing readership
12/19/2024
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"Blues Franchise" by David Henderson
Blues as art as theme as exhibition / Up on a midtown metropolis edifice December 19, 2024 donate Blues Franchise David Henderson Line from a letter, “Blues Franchise.” I believe it is a motif language
12/19/2024
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Poems and resources for December
Celebrate the holidays with poetry Facebook Twitter Instagram December 2024 holiday poems To celebrate the holidays in December, share poems about Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, and more with our
12/19/2024
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We need poetry more than ever
View this email in your browser Dear Friend, I can't help but take Academy Chancellor Tracy K. Smith's words to heart: “Language urges you to push against what you might think you know, what
12/19/2024
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"Rican Issues" by Carmen Bardeguez-Brown
Say What? / Could you please, Pleeeeeeeeeeease repeat / Did you say: Molleta? December 12, 2024 donate Rican Issues Carmen Bardeguez-Brown Say What? Could you please, Pleeeeeeeeeeease repeat Did you
12/19/2024
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"I promise you nothing . . . I accept your promise . . . of the same"
December 12, 2024 in memoriam “I mean . . . I . . . can fly like a bird in the sky . . .” —Nikki Giovanni (June 7, 1943–December 9, 2024) We are saddened to hear of the passing of Nikki Giovanni on
12/19/2024
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"Domino Nights" by Puma Perl
On Water Street, / scaffolds envelop the buildings, December 13, 2024 donate Domino Nights Puma Perl On Water Street, scaffolds envelop the buildings, wire screens surround the benches, iron fences
12/19/2024
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"A Winter Day" by Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald
Great waves of sunlight all our land are flooding–– December 14, 2024 donate A Winter Day Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald Great waves of sunlight all our land are flooding— Our glorious land, so verdant and
12/19/2024
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"West Wind in Winter" by Alice Meynell
Another day awakes. And who –– / Changing the world –– is this? December 15, 2024 donate West Wind in Winter Alice Meynell Another day awakes. And who — Changing the world — is this? He comes at whiles
12/19/2024
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"Sign" by Sahar Romani
What aren't you willing to believe. A heart / graffitied fuchsia on the street December 16, 2024 donate Sign Sahar Romani After Rumi, After Terrance Hayes What aren't you willing to believe. A
12/19/2024
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"Thanatos and Technophilia" by Carlos Manuel Rivera
Algae that / they soften, / restlessness / of loneliness and / agglomerations December 17, 2024 donate Thanatos and Technophilia Carlos Manuel Rivera Algae that they soften, restlessness of loneliness
12/19/2024
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"my yoga teacher kassandra" by Andrei Codrescu
has only good news for my body / and for my mind December 18, 2024 donate my yoga teacher kassandra Andrei Codrescu has only good news for my body and for my mind, she warms them and she becalms them
12/19/2024
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Turn the Page in 2025: Book Your Winter Seminar Now
Starting January 15 with Anahid Nersessian on the history of the sonnet 2025 Literary Seminars The Academy's Literary Seminars bring the magic of your favorite college poetry class to life—all from