Poems for the New Year, In Memoriam 2019, American Poets Prizes, & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 7, 2020 Poems for the New Year   A new year is an occasion to muse about the possibilities ahead and set goals, such as reading more poems! To welcome 2020, please enjoy this selection of uplifting poems to read and share from Poets.org.    "When I Rise Up" by Georgia Douglas Johnson "These Poems" by June Jordan "The Leash" by Ada Limón "María Cristina Hanging Chrysalis" by Claudia    Castro Luna "The Penitent" by Edna St. Vincent Millay "Night at the Roller Palace" by January Gill O'Neil "Move" by Alicia Ostriker  "Assured" by Alexander Posey "The Dream" by Lola Ridge "A House Called Tomorrow" by Alberto Ríos from "Elegy in Joy" by Muriel Rukeyser "Anthropocene" by Nomi Stone "The Coming of Light" by Mark Strand "Freedom" by Saadi Youssef

Read poems about beginnings. Read poems about hope. Read poems about the future. January Guest Editor: Meg Day   The Poem-a-Day guest editor for January is Meg Day, author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014). Read this extended Q&A with Day about their curatorial process for the month and find out more about the guest editors for 2020. Submit to the American Poets Prizes   Submissions are now open for the 2020 James Laughlin Award, given to a second book of poetry forthcoming in 2021, and the 2020 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, given to the most outstanding book of poetry published in 2019. Translators, don't forget to submit to our suite of translation prizes, accepting submissions until February 15. The Year in Poems   Every year, we invite twelve award-winning poets to each curate a month of Poem-a-Day. Revisit the poems selected by each editor from 2019 and sign up for Poem-a-Day to receive this year's poems. Thank You for Your Generosity!   This December we raised $90,000 in donations thanks to your generous contributions! It is because of readers like you that the Academy of American Poets is able to advocate for poetry and grow its audience. Thank you for making our free programs and publications possible! In Memoriam   American poetry lost some major voices in 2019. Please join us in remembering these poets with this video tribute.   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, 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, 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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