Academy of American Poets14h
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face
Of Morning blushing in the early skies. And in her voice, the calling of the dove; Like music of a sweet, melodious part. And in her smile, the breaking light of love; And all the gentle virtues in ...
Academy of American Poets17h
Teach This Poem: “Writing Prompt” by Michael Torres
Listening to the Poem: Enlist two volunteers and listen as the poem is read aloud twice. Write down any additional words and phrases that stand out to you. You can listen to a reading of the poem. You ...
Academy of American Poets1d
For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through
Tanaya Winder is an author, a singer, and a motivational speaker from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations, where she is an enrolled citizen. We ...
Academy of American Poets2d
If I Was President
Hamza Mohamed is an eighth-grade writer from Minneapolis. He is a member of 826 MSP’s After-School Writing Lab and Young ...
Academy of American Poets3d
The Dawn’s Awake!
Otto Leland Bohanan was born around 1895 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Howard University and taught English at the Catholic University. He also worked as a music instructor at DeWitt Clinton ...
Academy of American Poets4d
Spells for Dread
Since when / was the breach / and what broke, a door ...
Academy of American Poets4d
November 2024 Poem-a-Day Guest Editor Laura Tohe
Poets.org: Welcome to the Guest Editor Q&A, hosted by the Academy of American Poets. I’m Mary Sutton, senior content editor at the Academy, and I’m here today with the Guest Editor for November, Laura ...
Academy of American Poets4d
Poem-a-Day
“During the pandemic, a high school poetry club of Indigenous students invited me to give a reading. I shared poems I’d written about murdered and missing Indigenous relatives, poems about ancestral ...
Academy of American Poets6d
Sai Tells a Ghost Story
How else I know I saw a ghost is the child seemed so composed, happy, and it was way too early in the morning for someone so young to be out riding alone.
Academy of American Poets7d
When Benny Agbayani Became a Met
Oliver de la Paz is the author of five poetry collections, including Boy in the Labyrinth (University of Akron Press, 2019). He is a founding member of Kundiman, and will be the Guest Editor for ...
Academy of American Poets7d
Teach This Poem: “The Crystal Gazer” by Sara Teasdale
Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ The Crystal Gazer ” by Sara Teasdale. What do you notice about the poem? Note any words or phrases that stand out to you or any questions you might have.
Academy of American Poets8d
From “The Uncured World”
This poem is from a series of prose poems called ‘The Uncured World.’ Following major surgery to remove a tumor in my spine, ...