Introducing the 2018 Dear Poet Project

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 2018 Poems for the New Year   Begin the year by reading, and sharing with your students, these poems about hope, beginnings, and the new year:   "It Couldn't Be Done" by Edgar Guest "Resolution" by Lia Purpura "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke "Duet" by Lisa Russ Spaar "The Year" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox "January" by William Carlos Williams

A Lesson Plan for New Year's   Teach Naomi Shihab Nye's poem "Burning the Old Year" alongside a writing exercise about what your students hope to accomplish in 2018. Read 150+ lesson plans. Browse 25+ themed lists of poems for kids. Find poetry readings and events near you. Dear Poet Project 2018   We're excited to share the videos for this year's Dear Poet project, featuring Elizabeth Alexander, Forrest Gander, Linda Gregerson, Terrance Hayes, Jane Hirshfield, Marilyn Nelson, Alicia Ostriker, Alberto Ríos, and David St. John reading their work. Dear Poet Project 2018   Our multimedia education project Dear Poet, which includes a series of exclusive videos and an accompanying lesson plan, invites students in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems shared by award-winning poets serving on our Board of Chancellors. In 2017, we received more Dear Poet letters than ever before—over 2,000! We look forward to reading even more in 2018, and to publishing many of them, alongside responses from the participating poets, on Poets.org. Announcing Poem in Your Pocket Day 2018   Save the date for this year's Poem in Your Pocket Day. On April 26, people across North America will carry poems to share with others throughout the day. Join us, and learn how to bring Poem in Your Pocket Day to schools, bookstores, libraries, public spaces, and on Twitter (with the hashtag #pocketpoem). Reserve your free National Poetry Month poster!   Sign up now and be the first to receive next year's National Poetry Month poster. We'll begin sending posters in January 2018. Poetry in the Classroom Calendar   Feature poetry in the classroom year-round with the help of this free, downloadable calendar, which offers poems, lesson plans, and other resources related to specific days, months, and seasons. Teach This Poem   Produced for K-12 educators, this weekly email features a poem alongside interdisciplinary resources and activities designed to help teachers quickly and easily bring poetry into the classroom. 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