Academy of American Poets

Poem-a-Day, #NationalPoetryMonth & more, celebrating 90 years as the nation's leading champion of poets, poetry, and the work of poetry organizations.

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10/11/26 “The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed,”

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10/10/26 “Your scent is in the room.”

[moneera al-ghadeer @arabia77]

"كلام موجز عن الألم"

نص لآن كارسون، يستحق التأمل في رسم مجازاته وإيحاء الإيقاع ودهشة اللغة اليومية.

*ملاحظة: آن كارسون لا تُصنف شاعرة، فنصوصها تتجاوز الأجناس الأدبية السائدة (الشعر، والرواية، والمسرح، والترجمة والنقد)
#نوبل_للأدب

[New Jersey Performing Arts Center @NJPAC]

You don’t want to miss day 1 of the Dodge Poetry Festival!

The festival kicks off on 10/15 with a day full of workshops led by the Academy of American Poets ( @POETSorg )and concludes with a free open mic led by EvoluCulture.

Get your pass for Thur at https://t.co/SUZOcAGnB1

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

It’s my birthday. Here’s a new poem by me from @POETSorg

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10/9/26 “The skull wasn’t there.”

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"Short Talk on Pain" by Anne Carson, the 2026 Nobel laureate in Literature.

Read more: https://t.co/CGPctBSMHa

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Tim Seibles receives the 2026 Academy of American Poets Fellowship, recognizing distinguished poetic achievement with a $25,000 stipend and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

https://t.co/nsGPRoxjNp

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Harryette Mullen receives the 2026 Wallace Stevens Award, which honors outstanding artistic achievement over a poet’s career and carries a $100,000 stipend. Join us in celebrating her extraordinary life in poetry!

https://t.co/nsGPRoxjNp

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Congratulations to Harryette Mullen, recipient of the 2026 Wallace Stevens Award ($100,000), and Tim Seibles, recipient of the 2026 Academy of American Poets Fellowship ($25,000)—two of the Academy’s highest honors!

https://t.co/nsGPRoxjNp

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10/8/26 “I sit with the fat uncles on the back lot.”

[Christian Campbell @runningthedusk]

Thanks to Ed Hirsch and @POETSorg , a poem for you. Part of a strange, cackling elegy that meditates on and mourns through laughter, and asks if time and space are really what they seem to be.

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10/7/26 “but you were laughing like hell at your own jokes—”

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10/6/26 “I’ve never been able to tell this story.”

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The first course is tomorrow! 🍽️

Join @poet_major for a four-session virtual seminar exploring poetry, food, memory, and nourishment.

Can’t attend live? Recordings and class materials are available for 60 days after the final session.

Starts Oct. 6: https://t.co/krp8aRcGAI

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10/5/26 “You are far and I am a falling thing.”

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10/4/26 “I used to think I knew that tree and it
knew something of me—”

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10/3/26 “Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird,”

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"Re-Statement of Romance" by Wallace Stevens, born #OTD in 1879.

Read more: https://t.co/i2M0Bb456a

[Today Is… @TodayIsDaily_]

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." ✍️📖 Happy National Poetry Day! Dive into a poem today and let the words stir your soul.

@PoetryFound @PoetsOrg @PoetrySociety @ApplesAndSnakes @orionmagazine #NationalPoetryDay #PoetryCommunity #WriterLife #SpokenWord #PoemOfTheDay #Literature #PoetsOfTwitter #CreativeWriting #BookWorm #ExpressYourself