Lucy Larcom was born in 1824 and grew up in Beverly, Massachusetts. She taught at Wheaton Seminary from 1854 to 1862. She is the author of A New England Girlhood (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1889) and ...
Jazz June. We Die soon.
There are ghosts in the room. As I sit here alone, from the dark corners there They come out of the gloom, And they stand at my side and they lean on my chair There’s a ghost of a Hope That lighted my ...
Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ Poets! Towers of God! ” by Rubén Darío, translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomón de ...
“Crow” from Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes, © 1981. All rights are controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, ...
Idra Novey is the author of several novels and poetry collections, including Soon & Wholly (Wesleyan University Press, 2024) and Exit, Civilian (University of Georgia Press, 2012), selected for the ...
Jeanne D’Orge, born on November 22, 1877, in England, was an American writer and painter. She authored two poetry collections: Voice in the Circle (Noel Young, 1955) and Lobos (Seven Arts Press, 1928) ...
Anthologies on Poets.org may not be curated by the Academy of American Poets staff. You foolish men who lay the guilt on women, not seeing you’re the cause of the very thing you blame; if you invite ...
The Poetry Circus is a free event for all ages. It will include Merry-Go-Round Rides, Poetry readings by over 40 well known poets, tables housing several Los Angeles publishers and literary ...
In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Dante Micheaux discusses his curatorial approach and his own creative work. Dante ...