Academy of American Poets @POETSorg
Poem-a-Day, #NationalPoetryMonth & more, celebrating 90 years as the nation's leading champion of poets, poetry, and the work of poetry organizations. POETS.ORG New York, NY Joined July 2007-
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Read "Poetry: A Pathway and a Portal into a Sustainable Future" by Ruelaine Stokes, 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow of Lansing, Michigan: poets.org/text/poetry-pa…
6/24/26 “O god, when we climb inside each other, vowels slashing the air, ”
“[Like a white stone]” by Anna Akhmatova, translated from the Russian by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Akhmatova was born #OTD in 1889. Read the poem: poets.org/poem/white-sto…
Last call: Queering the Poetic Line with Dawn Lundy Martin starts tonight at 6 p.m. ET. In this three-part virtual seminar, Martin will lead a deep dive into queer and trans poetry, the possibilities of the line break, and what happens when sense, breath, syntax, and form beautifully misbehave. Register now and join us tonight: bit.ly/49RZZrH
6/23/26 “transform / into sequenced coffin lipstick / of a vomiting house”
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6/22/26 “In my damp inseam, the weather creases low and smooth.”
6/22/26 “In my damp inseam, the weather creases low and smooth.”
6/22/26 “In my damp inseam, the weather creases low and smooth.”
"In the Mountains on a Summer Day" by Li Bai. Read more poems for summer: poets.org/poems-summer
6/21/26 “Cherries and crushed mint against your lips.”
"Sara in Her Father's Arms" by George Oppen. Read more poems for Father's Day: poets.org/fathers-day-po…
6/20/26 “I think he only loves himself out loud.”
"Tired" by Fenton Johnson. Read more poems for Juneteenth: poets.org/poems?field_oc…
6/19/26 “I wanted to say: I don’t need beauty.”
Read "Chapbooks are a type of small, cheaply produced booklet" by Dujie Tahat, 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow and Seattle Civic Poet: poets.org/text/chapbooks…
6/18/26 “a cigarette parked behind her ear cigarettes and fruit, what she put in her mouth”
"To America" by James Weldon Johnson, born #OTD in 1871. Read the poem: poets.org/poem/america-5
Congratulations to Niloufar Talebi @NiloufarTalebi, winner of the 2026 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for "Elegies of Earth: Selected Poems" by Ahmad Shamlou, translated from the Persian by Talebi. Read the full announcement: bit.ly/4ofQU1M
6/17/26 “Long bereave lady fortune on whose dime none survived.”
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