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View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Dear Friend,   This holiday giving season, I'm asking you to please consider a special contribution to the Academy of American Poets—every dollar of the next $10,000 of our goal will be matched by a generous corporate sponsor. Today we are the only organization that   publishes and distributes new work by 260 of today's poets to hundreds of thousands of readers each morning through Poem-a-Day;   supports classroom teachers and inspires students by offering an unmatched quality and quantity of new K-12 resources;   organizes the largest celebration of poetry in world, National Poetry Month;   advocates for the important role poets have in our culture at public events and in the media;   curates readings, lectures, and conversations between poets and other artists, helping to grow the audience for poetry; and   produces the most visited publicly-funded website for poetry, Poets.org.   These efforts, and our free programs and publications, are only possible because people like you share our belief that poetry matters, and poets deserve recognition and support.   The Academy of American Poets needs you more than ever.   With gratitude and appreciation,     Jennifer Benka, Executive Director     P.S. Thanks to the generous pledge of a corporate partner, all gifts up to $10,000 will be matched dollar for dollar. Only with your gift today can we secure this pledge.     Donors of $50 or more can claim one of several thank-you gifts, including this beautiful debossed Gwendolyn Brooks journal.

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