Poems for Halloween, an Audio Interview with Mary Oliver, and Remembering Ruth Stone

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend October 28, 2015 Spirits, Verses, Nevermore!   As October winds down to a close, get your tricks and treats ready for Halloween with these poems featuring ghosts, bats, vampires, and a raven who forever speaks one unforgettable word.   “Because I could not stop for Death (479)” by Emily Dickinson “Ghosts and Fashion” by Elaine Equi “Ghost in the Land of Skeletons” by Christopher Kennedy “Hallow-E’en, 1914” by Winifred M. Letts “Ghosts That Need Reminding” by Dana Levin “Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Restless Ghost” by Eric Pankey “Spirit Birds” by Stanley Plumly “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe “Bats” by Paisley Rekdal “Theme in Yellow” by Carl Sandburg “The Vampyre" by John Stagg

Remembering Ruth Stone   “This is how I see my grandmother in the still place behind my eyes: a radical, a pillar, the dramatic ruler on the peak; a brilliant storm of a woman who might have loved us all madly, or might not have,” writes Hillery Stone of her grandmother, poet Ruth Stone, in “Relative Strangers: Remembering My Grandmother Ruth Stone.” Read this personal essay about the renowned poet. Check out our weekly roundup of Jobs for Poets. Browse the most recently added poems to Poets.org. See a postcard from E. E. Cummings from our archive. Walt Whitman Award Deadline: November 1   There’s just a couple of days left to submit your manuscript to the Walt Whitman Award, the country’s most valuable first-book prize in poetry. The winner receives $5,000; book publication by the award-winning Graywolf Press; and an all-expenses-paid, six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy. The winning title is also distributed to thousands of Academy members. Carolyn Forché will judge. Learn more about the Walt Whitman Award. Mary Oliver: Exclusive Audio Interview   We're happy to share an audio interview with Mary Oliver and Krista Tippett, host of the radio show On Being, on the occasion of Oliver’s new poetry collection, Felicity, being published this month by Penguin Press. Listen to Oliver talk about the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing. 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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