Happy Teacher Appreciation Week and Summer Reading Suggestions

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 2015 Relax and Renew with Poetry This Summer   Summer is the time when, as educators, we renew ourselves for the coming school year. To help refresh your poetic spirit, we’ve gathered a list of classic and new poetry books for your reading pleasure. We’ll return with a new Educator Newsletter as the school year begins. Thank you for all that you do, and enjoy!

Classic Reads   Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton Maraca by Victor Hernandez Cruz The Night Parade by Edward Hirsch A New Selected Poems by Galway Kinnell What Work Is by Philip Levine Words Under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye American Primitive by Mary Oliver Read about our National Poetry Month project Dear Poet. Create an anthology of your favorite poems on Poets.org. Watch videos of poets reading and discussing their poetry. Newly Published Collections   The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang Count the Waves by Sandra Beasley 24 Pages and Other Poems by Lisa Fishman Lighting the Shadow by Rachel Eliza Griffiths One Thousand Things Worth Knowing by Paul Muldoon Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine The Lunatic by Charles Simic Read Poem-a-Day This Summer   Sign up for our free Poem-a-Day series and receive an original, never-before published poem by an American poet Monday through Friday of each week, with poems by classic poets featured on weekends delivered to your inbox. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038