Summer Is Here, Joy Harjo is the Poet Laureate, New Words Without Borders Poems, and more.

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 25, 2019 Summer Is Here   When summer comes, the world awakens. Check out this round-up of poems capturing experiences of summer from our archives on poets.org.   "The August Preoccupations" by Catherine Barnett "Spent" by Mark Doty "In Summer Time" by Paul Laurence Dunbar "Knoxville, Tennessee" by Nikki Giovanni "The Body Remembers" by Yusef Komunyakaa "Summer" by Robin Coste Lewis "Roadside Attractions with the Dogs of America"     by Ada Limón "Sonnet XXVII" by Edna St. Vincent Millay "Swimming in the Presence of Lurid Opposition"     by Sawako Nakayasu "Still Life with Invisible Canoe" by Idra Novey "C.R.E.A.M." by Danez Smith "Accidental Pastoral" by Maggie Smith

WNYC Interview with June Guest Editor, Samiya Bashir   Sign up for Poem-a-Day to receive poems curated by Samiya Bashir for Pride Month, and read a Q&A that discusses her curating approach and more. Listen to her interview on WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart. Photo Credit: Nina Johnson Materials for Teachers: Summer Reading Activities More poems about Summer Graduation: Poems for Kids Joy Harjo is the New United States Poet Laureate   Continue to celebrate Joy Harjo, our nation's first Native American Poet Laureate, and explore the videos, interviews, lesson plans, and poems in our archives on Poets.org. New Words Without Borders Poems   Read poems from the March, April, and May 2019 issues of Words Without Borders, with work by Reem Allawati, Aisha al-Saifi, Linnéa Axelsson, Nino Mick, and more.   Pride Week   The last week of June is Pride Week. If you can't attend our Stonewall 50 Celebration look through our Pride page with videos, audio, essays, ephemera, and more. Poetry Breaks   Celebrate summer by watching a video from the archival series "Poetry Breaks," filmed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by creator Leila Luchetti. In this video, Li-Young Lee reads his poem "Irises." In Case You Missed It   Jobs for Poets Every Wednesday check out Jobs for Poets and find over twenty available arts and literary opportunities.   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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