Elegies for America's Soldiers, Archival Video of Galway Kinnell & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 23, 2017 Elegies for Soldiers Lost   Begin your celebration of Memorial Day, a holiday commemorating all the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military, by reading this new selection of poems.   "the sonnet-ballad" by Gwendolyn Brooks "The Long Deployment" by Jehanne Dubrow "Spoken From the Hedgerows" by Jorie Graham "Before Marching and After" by Thomas Hardy "Grenade" by Yusef Komunyakaa "Shiloh: A Requiem" by Herman Melville "Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France" by Alan Seeger "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night" by Walt Whitman "The Battle Autumn of 1862" by John Greenleaf Whittier

Whitman in a Time of War   In this brand-new feature on Poets.org, we look at Walt Whitman's lesser-known collection, Drum-Taps, and how the poet was shaped by his experiences during the Civil War. Read about the poetic form, the elegy. Browse more poems about war. Browse poems about history. Poetry Breaks: Galway Kinnell   Watch this week's new Poetry Breaks video, featuring Galway Kinnell reading his poem "Saint Francis and the Sow," in which he observes, "everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing." Watch this week's new P.O.P video, featuring Iain Haley Pollock. Browse poems for graduation. Check out the 40+ new jobs in our Jobs for Poets roundup. Take a Minute to Celebrate   The Poets Shop has great gifts for new graduates, from desk accessories to blank books, and more. Recognize their accomplishments, and the road ahead, with something special. In Case You Missed It   Elizabeth Alexander and Sheryl Sandberg on Loss Chancellor Elizabeth Alexander talks with tech executive and author Sheryl Sandberg about writing in the aftermath of loss in The New York Times.   State Lines: Mai Der Vang's "Transmigration" The San Francisco Chronicle features a poem by 2016 Walt Whitman winner Mai Der Vang.   Elizabeth Alexander at The Universe in Verse Watch Alexander perform a poem for The Universe in Verse, a recent event we cohosted with Brain Pickings and Pioneer Works.   RIP Chana Bloch (1940–2017) Read about Bloch on Poets.org.   The Academy of American Poets is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 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

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