Poets.org
The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Our membership is nearly 9,000 strong and growing, and our programs reach over 20 million people every year. Our programs include Poets.org, the Poets Forum, Poem in Your Pocket Day, National Poetry Month, American Poet magazine, the Poem-a-Day email series, the Poetry Audio Archive, educational initiatives, readings and events, awards and prizes, and so much more. We've been doing this since 1934.
2025 Blaney Lecture: Kaveh Akbar on Poetry & Spirituality
Dear Poet 2025: Kimiko Hahn Reads "Foreign Body"
Dear Poet 2025: Denice Frohman Reads "once a marine biologist told me octopuses have three hearts"
Dear Poet 2025: Joy Ladin Reads "Survival Guide"
Dear Poet 2025: Afaa Michael Weaver Reads "Losing the 440-Yard Dash"
Dear Poet 2025: Anne Waldman Reads "Anthropocene Blues"
Dear Poet 2025: Natalie Diaz Reads "They Don’t Love You Like I Love You"
Dear Poet 2025: Meg Day Reads "Portrait of My Gender as [Inaudible]"
Dear Poet 2025: Jericho Brown Reads "Labor"
Dear Poet 2025: Nickole Brown Reads "A Prayer to Talk to Animals"
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Earth Day Collaborative Poem: "time bending / tongue / entwine / the betwixt"
2024 Blaney Lecture with Jane Hirshfield
Dear Poet 2024: Patricia Smith Reads “When the Burning Begins”
Dear Poet 2024: Ed Roberson Reads “Come On in the Song of the Changes”
Dear Poet 2024: Mara Pastor Reads “Flora numérica/ Numeric flora”
Dear Poet 2024: John James Reads "Lullaby"
Dear Poet 2024: Nikky Finney Reads "Heirloom"
Dear Poet 2024: Nicole Cecilia Delgado Reads "Wild horse / Caballo salvaje"
Dear Poet 2024: Marilyn Chin Reads "One Child Has Brown Eyes"
Dear Poet 2024: Leila Chatti Reads "I Went Out to Hear"
Dear Poet 2024: Chen Chen Reads "When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities"
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
Roberto Cabrera: “Oregon State Hospital”
2023 Blaney Lecture with Patricia Smith
Tyree Daye reads his poem "The Mechanical Cotton Picker"
Tyree Daye reads his poem "Leave Yourself All Over"
Tyree Daye reads his poem "With Many Hands and Feet"