Poems for Valentine's Day, Celebrating Black History & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend February 9, 2016 Lines of Love for Valentine’s Day   Whether you’re looking for words of classical courtship or modern love, passion or friendship, read this roundup and find your perfect poem for this Valentine’s Day.   “My Heart” by Kim Addonizio “This Much and More” by Djuna Barnes “The Love-Hat Relationship” by Aaron Belz “Verge” by Mark Doty “Invitation to Love” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “The Ecstasy” by Phillip Lopate “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)” by Edna St. Vincent Millay “How to Love” by January Gill O’Neil “Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)” by William Shakespeare “poem I wrote sitting across the table from you” by Kevin Varrone “A Love Song” by William Carlos Williams

This Valentine’s Day Give a Poem to Wear   Shop artful gifts for the ones you love in the Poets Shop. Inscribe this handsome notebook with a favorite verse, and your loved one can carry it wherever they go.  Browse more poems for Valentine’s Day. Read “All My Poems Are Love Poems: When Two Poets Fall in Love.” Read about poetic pairings for Valentine’s Day. Celebrating Black History Month   Though we’ve already kicked off our celebration of Black History Month, you can still share in our celebration of and reflection on African American life, art, culture, and history by checking our Black History Month page and visiting Stanza every Friday this month, where we’ll be spotlighting different movements in African American poetry. O, Miami’s Nite LIfe   During April each year, the O, Miami Poetry Festival creates projects that aim to reach every single person in Miami-Dade County with a poem. Beginning this month, we'll be showcasing one film a week on Poets.org that features some of the festival’s projects as ways to inspire us all for what’s to come this National Poetry Month. Take a look. Marilyn Nelson: Dear Poet 2016   Watch Marilyn Nelson read her poem “Continental Army” as part of our National Poetry Month education project, Dear Poet, which invites students in grades 5-12 to write letters in response to poems shared by the award-winning poets serving on our Board of Chancellors. 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