The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For 3 generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry.Tumblr (3.0; @poetsorg)https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/0a9615171012dd273878e95ccde561b8/tumblr_ot1u4uVytl1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Emily Brontë, born on this day in 1818. Read her work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2ueqsx4">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163595628649https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163595628649Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:00:22 -0400emily brontewuthering heightsbronte sisterspoetrypoetborn todayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3946492af8b129764a93494b93cf367/tumblr_ot1u2vjc5L1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Stanley Kunitz, born on this day in 1905. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2tRKMSq">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163561358471https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163561358471Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:00:38 -0400stanley kunitzpoetrypoetspoembirthdayborn todayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2f18e617a0ddb449714ad798cbb2a329/tumblr_ot1trbHFhl1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Emma Lazarus, born on this day in 1849. Read her work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2vi9smA">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163288857867https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163288857867Sat, 22 Jul 2017 10:00:24 -0400emma lazaruspoetrypoetson this daybirthdayborn todaypoem<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7ff58f6b9144968d0d7748e617b06f14/tumblr_ot1tt8zRno1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hart Crane, born on this day in 1899. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2sVeXa5">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163251752445https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/163251752445Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:00:27 -0400hart cranepoetrypoempoetbirthdayborn todayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9a81b107517f98517a15fbc986836891/tumblr_osq86asE2F1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pablo Neruda, born on this day in 1904. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2sUT4qi">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162900646619https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162900646619Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:00:17 -0400pablo nerudapoetpoetryon this daybirthdayborn todaypoem<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a5f7e143d2fb3d11906f6ee778b8a4a9/tumblr_osw1h9pw3Q1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Henry David Thoreau, born on this day in 1817. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2tH8LUg">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162898120564https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162898120564Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:00:39 -0400thoreau200henry david thoreauon this daybirthdayborn todaywalden pond<p>Four Academy Chancellors are part of an official contingent of American writers traveling to Cuba for the first time in over six decades. Read more on <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/stanza/us-poets-including-four-academy-chancellors-attend-poetry-festival-cuba-first-time">POETS.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162833566783https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162833566783Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:30:26 -0400POETS.orgAcademy of American PoetsBrenda HillmanJane HirshfieldDavid St. JohnArthur SzeRobert Hass<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c68a11e9dced3b8a87671523449e6c1e/tumblr_osqazchXKF1rnc3y3o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>We are pleased to announce that <b><a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/joy-harjo">Joy Harjo</a></b> will judge the <b><a href="https://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/stanza/academy-american-poets-announces-judge-prestigious-walt-whitman-awar-0">2018 Walt Whitman Award</a></b>, the nation’s most valuable first-book prize for poetry.</p><p>Visit <a href="https://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/stanza/academy-american-poets-announces-judge-prestigious-walt-whitman-awar-0"><b>POETS.org</b></a> to learn more.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162828948237https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162828948237Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:00:25 -0400joy harjowalt whitman awardpoetrypoemspoetry contestPOETS.org<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e2c2c6402098b00ef2dec58f77c27b6/tumblr_osq835TTKb1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>June Jordan, born on this day in 1936. Read her work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2sUL9cA">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162783554211https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162783554211Sun, 09 Jul 2017 10:00:13 -0400june jordanon this dayborn todaypoetrybirthdaypoem<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a7343f51f1fcd3e7f3b3f4f45f47460/tumblr_oqw16h4jJd1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Czeslaw Milosz, born on this day in 1911. Read his work at <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/czeslaw-milosz">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162435182950https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162435182950Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:00:16 -0400Czeslaw Miloszpoetryborn todayon this daybirthday<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/474a4472540e2fc63baf64a45cc8feee/tumblr_oqw14xM9r41rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Paul Laurence Dunbar, born on this day in 1872. Read his work at <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/paul-laurence-dunbar">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162320735588https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162320735588Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:00:35 -0400paul laurence dunbaracademy of american poetspoetryborn todayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/130f51da577823c66c87c2d1afd19304/tumblr_oqw132WR5E1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Lucille Clifton, born on this day in 1936. Read her work at <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/lucille-clifton">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162317503282https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/162317503282Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:00:16 -0400lucille cliftonacademy of american poetsbirthdayborn todayon this daypoetry<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3a00a4e89ebf6e26bcf7f7fd3a9aeb0f/tumblr_oqw115oBQa1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>James Weldon Johnson, born on this day in 1871. Read his work at <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/james-weldon-johnson">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161928298041https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161928298041Sat, 17 Jun 2017 10:00:34 -0400james weldon johnsonpoetryborn todaybirthdayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/bd6f86fd7317dcb858933dc996fb1863/tumblr_oqw0zgPVzY1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>W. B. Yeats, born on this day in 1865. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2stD7HN">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161774847198https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161774847198Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:00:39 -0400w. b. yeatspoetryborn todayon this dayacademy of american poets<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/50c3ba73ee0ee65710427fcc4015eb3d/tumblr_oqw0xhrV6m1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Gwendolyn Brooks, born on this day in 1917. Celebrate her centennial on <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/collection/gwendolyn-brooks-centennial-celebration">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161545031155https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161545031155Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:00:20 -0400gwendolyn brooksbrooks centennialpoetryborn todayon this day<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9d27717cc6c07cb7f449f6ae6839595a/tumblr_oqw0vriU4I1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Federico García Lorca, born on this day in 1898. Read his work at <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/federico-garc%C3%ADa-lorca">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161466771362https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161466771362Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:00:19 -0400federico garcia lorcapoetrybirthdayborn today<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/90a6f492b0d6b749358a9b06db3b2581/tumblr_oqw0u60mg01rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Allen Ginsberg, born on this day in 1926. Read his work at <a href="http://bit.ly/2rvJw8m">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161389047571https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/161389047571Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:00:14 -0400allen ginsbergpoets.orgon this daybirthdayborn todaypoetry<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/421447321549892">American Poets Spring-Summer Issue Launch</a>: <p> We are launching the Spring-Summer issue of American Poets tomorrow at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HousingWorksBookstore/?fref=mentions">Housing Works Bookstore Cafe</a>. Don’t miss readings by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aireadmatthews/?fref=mentions">Airea D. Matthews</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nathan.mcclain.96?fref=mentions">Nathan McClain</a>, and this year’s winner of the Walt Whitman Award, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jenny.xie?fref=mentions">Jenny Xie</a>. <br/></p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160955988925https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160955988925Mon, 22 May 2017 15:00:36 -0400American PoetsAcademy of American PoetsPOETSorgWalt Whitman AwardJenny XieAirea D. MatthewsNathan McLainHousing Works BookstoreSoHoNYCpoetrypoems<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ae4b1b9d3aa6fe07f35faec001058ed5/tumblr_oq7y37XgyA1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Creeley, born on this day in 1926. Read his work on <a href="http://bit.ly/1q2dNab">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160908809984https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160908809984Sun, 21 May 2017 10:00:27 -0400robert creeleyacademy of american poetspoets.orgpoetrybirthdayborn today<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3138e7f5260314352eb80fe350e551b0/tumblr_opr8c1d8jL1rnc3y3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Adrienne Rich, born on this day in 1929. Read her work at <a href="http://bit.ly/1rXYiBS">Poets.org</a>.</p>https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160731695795https://poetsorg.tumblr.com/post/160731695795Tue, 16 May 2017 10:00:20 -0400adrienne richacademy of american poetspoets.orgborn todayon this daybirthdaypoetry