Academy of American Poets18h
Dear Reader—Reaching Toward Community in a Time of Winter
When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...
Academy of American Poets11h
Joan of England in Bordeaux, 1348
Paisley Rekdal is the author of six volumes of poetry, most recently Nightingale (Copper Canyon Press, 2019). An inaugural Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, Rekdal is the Guest Editor for ...
Academy of American Poets9d
Teach This Poem: “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes
Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ Let America Be America Again ” by Langston Hughes. What do you notice about the ...
Academy of American Poets12d
If I Was President
Hamza Mohamed is an eighth-grade writer from Minneapolis. He is a member of 826 MSP’s After-School Writing Lab and Young ...
Academy of American Poets5d
The Warrior’s Plume
Bertrand N. O. Walker, who published his poems under his Wyandot name, Hen-toh, was born in 1870.
Academy of American Poets4d
A Phosphorescence
James Cervantes is the author of several poetry collections, including From Mr. Bondo’s Unshared Life (Hamilton Stone Editions, 2013) and Temporary Meaning (Hamilton Stone Editions, 2006), which was ...
Academy of American Poets11d
For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through
Tanaya Winder is an author, a singer, and a motivational speaker from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations, where she is an enrolled citizen. We ...
Academy of American Poets10d
Teach This Poem: “Bats” by Paisley Rekdal
Warm-up: (free-write) What does this time of year make you think about? Why? What images or ideas come to mind? Why? Share your writing with a classmate or small group. Reading the Poem: Silently read ...
Academy of American Poets14d
Poem-a-Day
“Were you to visit the new farm machinery display at a county fair in rural America, it’s possible that you might see what I have seen: a farmer missing a hand or an arm, assessing the same kind of ...
Academy of American Poets11d
Teach This Poem: “Writing Prompt” by Michael Torres
The following activities and questions are designed to help your students use their noticing skills to move through the poem and develop their thinking skills so they understand its meaning with ...
Academy of American Poets13d
The Dawn’s Awake!
Otto Leland Bohanan was born around 1895 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Howard University and taught English at the Catholic University. He also worked as a music instructor at DeWitt Clinton ...
Academy of American Poets5d
Valeria Ruiz
Valeria Ruiz was born in Nicaragua and migrated to the United States with her family. Her poem “You Know Me” appears in 826 National’s anthology Let This Be Our Anthem: Call to Action from Young ...