Academy of American Poets4 天
Teach This Poem: “The Lonely Street” by William Carlos Williams
Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ The Lonely Street ” by William Carlos Williams. What do you notice about the poem?
Academy of American Poets13 天
Broadstone Books: Marathon Reading
In celebration of their 21st year of operation and their growing community of authors in the NYC area, Broadstone Books invites you to join them for a marathon reading by 35 authors beginning at 1pm ...
Academy of American Poets4 天
Teach This Poem: “Your laughter turns the world to paradise” by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
Haleh Liza Gafori is an Iranian American translator, poet, performance artist, and composer born in New York City. Her book ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
In 1939, T. S. Eliot published Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats through the publishing house Faber and Faber, where he served as an editor. The book of light verse was the basis of Andrew Lloyd ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
Julia de Burgos
Julia Constanza Burgos García was born in a rural section of the northeastern municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, on February 17, 1914. Her father, Francisco Burgos Hans, was a farmer of German ...
Academy of American Poets9 年
Poetry for Teens
If you’re a teen looking to learn more about the art of reading or writing poetry, we’ve gathered a selection of poems, essays, recommended reading lists, must-have anthologies, interviews, and advice ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
James Berry
James Berry was born in Jamaica in 1924. He grew up in Jamaica and at the age of seventeen went to work in America and eventually settled in England, where he would spend the rest of his life. Berry ...
Academy of American Poets5 天
Poetry in Community
To further support the Academy's efforts, get tickets to a special benefit reception preceding the reading, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Reception tickets include admission to the reading. Presented by ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
The Affrilachian Poets
The Affrilachian Poets are a grassroots group of poets of color living in the Appalachian region. The term was coined by Frank X. Walker and poets and fiction writers identified with the movement ...
Academy of American Poets1 年
The British Prison Ship
Amid these ills no tyrant dared refuse My right to pen the dictates of the muse, To paint the terrors of the infernal place, And fiends from Europe, insolent as base.
Academy of American Poets2 天
A Violet Darkness
And all that remains for me is to follow a violet darkness on soil where myths splinter and crack. Yes, love was time, and it too splintered and cracked like the face of our country.
Academy of American Poets1 年
Edward Hirsch’s A Poet’s Glossary
Ten years in the making, A Poet’s Glossary (Harcourt, 2014) is a followup to former Academy Chancellor Edward Hirsch’s best-selling book How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (Harcourt, 1999 ...