Academy of American Poets

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Amanda Hernández has been awarded the 2026 Ambroggio Prize, which recognizes a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and translated into English, for La única cosa importante / The Only Thing that Matters, translated by Ana Portnoy Brimmer.

Have you listened to “Honeycrisp” by January Gill O’Neil on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…

“Honeycrisp” by January Gill O’Neil #PoemADay

How long were my ancient days? I no longer care to count. I no longer care to measure. How bitter was the bread of bitterness? I no longer care to recall. —Khaled Mattawa poets.org/poem/now-we-ha…

Poetry & the Creative Mind returns April 28. Register early—this event fills up quickly. A virtual benefit reading celebrating the 30th anniversary of National Poetry Month. Free with registration: bit.ly/4ly8HQu #NationalPoetryMonth

All Thought emits a Throw of the Dice —Stéphane Mallarmé, born #OTD in 1842 poets.org/poem/throw-dic…

Have you listened to “1985” by Vincent Rendoni on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…

from “1985” by Vincent Rendoni #PoemADay

The wind will die down when I say so; the leaden and lessening light on the current. Then the moon will rise like the word reconciliation, like Walt Whitman examining the tear on a dead face. —Franz Wright, born #OTD in 1953 poets.org/poem/wheeling-…

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh. —W. B. Yeats poets.org/poem/drinking-…

Have you listened to “Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending in Boston, and Bookended by Rilke” by Tiana Clark on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…

from “Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending in Boston, and Bookended by Rilke” by Tiana Clark #PoemADay

Dear Saint Patrick, this is Peggy, Or maybe it’s Pegeen to you, Well, I’m really Stella Mae. Peggy’s my nickname, But anyway, will you please tell me What to do about the rattlesnake That’s in my room? —Ai poets.org/poem/motherhoo…

National Poetry Month is next month! For 30 years, readers, teachers, poets, students, and communities across the United States have celebrated April with poems, events, and new voices. Explore ways to join in: bit.ly/4sOvlXi

Some bad whiskey I drink by myself just like you when this wind blows as it does in the delta where a lost hearing aid can be taken for a grub worm when the black constellations make you swim backwards in circles of blood —Frank Stanford poets.org/poem/cotton-yo…

Have you listened to “[And isn’t everything risk?]” by Gregory Orr on our daily #PoemADay podcast? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poe…

“[And isn’t everything risk?]” by Gregory Orr #PoemADay

César Vallejo is dead. Everyone beat him although he never does anything to them; they beat him hard with a stick and hard also with a rope. These are the witnesses: the Thursdays, and the bones of my arms, the solitude, and the rain, and the roads. . . —César Vallejo, born #OTD in 1892 poets.org/poem/black-sto…

Poet, Decide! I am lonely with questions. What is snow? What isn’t? Do you see how it is for me. —Brenda Shaughnessy poets.org/poem/why-color…