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3 days ago · Fifty years later, the diverse landscape of American poetry is thanks in part to CPC’s tireless efforts to broaden our poetic possibilities. The CPC will celebrate its enduring legacy this ...
2 days ago · Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners.
4 days ago · Photo by Jesse Bauer on Unsplash. The Poetry in America episode, “Mushrooms, Weakness and Doubt,” goes dark in the same way that mushrooms need subdued, or low light to grow. The fear of mushrooms, mysophobia, is prevalent enough to have its own phobia. On the other hand, mycophile refers to those who like and appreciate mushrooms.
1 day ago · Extract. In the nineteenth century, the term “poetess” was typically a conventional compliment to, or acknowledgement of, any female poet's femininity. During the twentieth century it became more often a label of contempt and condescension. In the twenty-first century, the word “poetess” has taken on an objective literary meaning for ...
4 days ago · A database of modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring thousands of poems by some of the most important African American poets of the last century, including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
3 days ago · Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day.
5 days ago · Plus: Joshua Prager on a forgotten Olympian, Mickalene Thomas and the art of remixing, new poetry from Ange Mlinko, and more
