15 Best Christmas Poems to Read for a Festive Holiday Season
Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...
How a poem transformed Christmas into the festive holiday it is today
The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...
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‘Twas the Night of Compliance
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top So, a lot of readers — well, a couple of people . . . okay, one person, and it might have ...
More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
During the end of every calendar year, a particular holiday performance pops up in African American communities and cultural ...
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The voices of American poets
A representative poem precedes informal and authoritative comments on each chosen poet. Committed to his discipline over a lifetime, unassuming and patient as a teacher, Hirsch guides readers through ...
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Announcing the 2025 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems
Readers can sign up to receive Poem-a-Day directly in their inboxes at poets.org/poem-a-day.
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The wilderness
“One of my wishes is that those dark trees, So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze, Were not, as ’twere, the merest ...
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Friends and colleagues remember poet Nikki Giovanni as a beloved mentor and fierce advocate for justice
One of the most famous American poets, Nikki Giovanni, died Monday at the age of 81. She taught at Virginia Tech for 35 years, and was a prominent figure in the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements.
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Louise Glück, poet and Nobel laureate, dies at 80
She received a Nobel in 2020, becoming the first American poet to win the honour since TS Eliot more than 70 years earlier. Her poems often spoke of trauma and disillusion, with her most famous ...