Poem-a-Day, #NationalPoetryMonth & more, celebrating 90 years as the nation's leading champion of poets, poetry, and the work of poetry organizations.

Joined July 2007
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6/15/26 “I have not led a bad life but should I like to do it better isn’t this what hell is for?”
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6/14/26 “Curie of the laboratory of vocabulary”
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6/13/26 “His dream became a deed that woke the world,”
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6/12/26 “I moved through rooms without arriving. I lived like a light you forget to turn off.”
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6/11/26 “the failure of form only the mouth can make”
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"Guess who's applying for a job?" joked Edward Hirsch as we gathered for a group photo to mark his visit to our office. He stopped by to sign copies of his book, "The Heart of American Poetry," and to chat with us about poetry, being a poet, and life. We also shared a lot of laughs. 📷 Thanks to Tatyana at @ABRAMSbooks for the group pic.
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6/10/26 “and there was fear in our hearts but the love it was decanted and poured freely”
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How can a poetic line queer language, breath, silence, and form? Join Dawn Lundy Martin for Queering the Poetic Line, a three-part virtual seminar beginning June 23. Register: bit.ly/49RZZrH
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6/9/26 “we will call this art, how we spend our days & nights.”
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“In the Next Galaxy” by Ruth Stone, born #OTD in 1915.⁠ ⁠ Read the poem: poets.org/poem/next-galaxy
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6/8/26 “To be saved by ideas: a fantasy I harbored.”
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Knoxville Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni, born #OTD in 1943.⁠ ⁠ Read the poem: poets.org/poem/knoxville-ten…
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We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks, born #OTD in 1917.⁠ ⁠ Read the poem: poets.org/poem/we-real-cool
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6/7/26 “Now rose in purple pomp the breezy dawn, And crimson dew-drops trembled on the lawn;”
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6/6/26 “Hunger drove me Into the World.”
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Farewell by Federico García Lorca, born #OTD in 1898.⁠ ⁠ Read the poem: poets.org/poem/farewell-4
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6/5/26 “and it was, done under the moon until the rain started and, then, done under the rain, i am ashamed to say it,”
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We’re hiring! The Academy of American Poets is seeking a full-time Membership Manager to join our Development team. A great fit for someone with nonprofit membership experience and a passion for poetry, literature, and the arts. Apply: poets.org/academy-american-p…
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