“The Yellow Corn” appears in Poems by Charles G. Eastman (Eastman & Danforth, 1848).

This evening there is a ruckus on Main St. I lift my head, and see Nancy who just came from The Pride event at the 11th St.

Bertrand N. O. Walker, who published his poems under his Wyandot name, Hen-toh, was born in 1870.

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 ...

Oh, teach me what it is The meadow flowers say As to and fro they nod Thro’ all the golden day.

round bodied booty, bounce a praise ballad. she break hold, turn whole in a twerk session. body charmed, spell-bent, toward progressing. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of the collection i shimmer ...

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 ...

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Allison Albino is a Filipina American poet whose work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Indiana Review, Poetry Northwest, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. A recipient of fellowships from Community ...

Patricia Smith is a poet, teacher, and performance artist. Her poetry collections include Incendiary Art and Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah, winner of the 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

together tightly in the embrace of phone cords, the web of telephone lines crisscrossing the nation. Each long distance call the shimmering pulse of a wrist bracing for the recoil of the bat making ...

In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Laura Tohe discusses her curatorial approach and her own creative work. Poets.org: ...