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This week's poem is #Homecoming by #VictoriaChang. Check the link in our bio for more from our Editor, Kwame Dawes. #AmericanLifeinPoetry #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Professor Kwame Dawes considers this week's poem "yet another of those "odd gifts" the world offers us." #Read Lupita's complete poem at the link in our bio and see what else our editor had to say about it. #poetry #americanlifeinpoetry #poem #LupitaEydeTucker

Congratulations to JFR contributor Lupita Eyde-Tucker whose fabulous poem "Beachcomber Nocturne," which appears in our recent issue #23, was selected by Kwame Dawes for American Life in Poetry!

The Commander of the Order of Distinction 🇯🇲 ⁦Kwame Dawes⁩ our proud bag buss! #Jamaica #service #pride #NationalHonours

Don't we all love a great mermaid story? Read Jessica Lee Alton's complete poem on that mythical figure at the link in our bio. #poem #poetry #AmericanLifeinPoetry #JessicaLeeAlton

This week's poem by NaBeela Washington (Na’B’eela) is "an ele­gant ele­gy to a father" according to Kwame Dawes. Read the complete poem at the link in our bio, and what else our editor said about it. #AmericanLifeInPoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #NaBeelaWashington

How do you survive a pandemic? Cathy Song's APRIL MOON points to the need for genuine tenderness. Read the complete poem at the link in our bio, plus, the accompanying commentary by Dr. Kwame Dawes. #AmericanLifeinPoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #CathySong #AprilMoon

Calling all scholars of African poetry! On Friday, November 4th from 10 am - 4 pm CST, APBF will host a Researchathon to crowdsource bibliographic items on 20th-21st century African poets Tanella Boni and Kofi Awoonor. More details here: africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/researchathon-… Kwame Dawes

Read the Metro's conversation with poet and novelist Kwame Dawes about The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, a harrowing account of what it was like to live as an American slave, and 'why the teachings impact us still today'. metro.co.uk/2022/10/24/fre…

Some personal thoughts on Africa/Caribbean legacy @matthewshenoda Abani African Poetry Book Fund jamaica-gleaner.com/article/art-le…

We’re so jazzed for you to read the winners of our Poetry Contest! Huge congrats to Kwame Dawes, Julia Anna Morrison, and Cate Lycurgus

Our poem of the week is by Tennessee Hill. Our Editor Kwame Dawes calls it "a poem of elegant strangeness," and "a com­po­si­tion of arrest­ing beau­ty." Read the full piece at the link in our bio, plus the accompanying column. #americanlifeinpoetry #Poetry #Instapoetry

IN PATIENT by Erin Evans will strike you with its humor and more. Read the complete poem at the link in our bio. #AmericanLifeinPoetry #ErinEvans

Enjoy the new week with "Granddaughters" by Joy Harjo. Check the link in our bio for Dr. Kwame Dawes' column on the poem. #AmericanLifeinPoetry #JoyHarjo #poetry

How do you preserve memory in the face of sightlessness and contain the anxiety that comes with it? Alison C. Rollins does just that and more in this week's poem. Check the link in our bio for Dr. Kwame Dawes' column on "The Library of Babel." #AmericanLifeinPoetry #Poetry

In this week’s poem, Quin­cy Troupe aims to achieve time­less­ness out of a his­tor­i­cal moment. Read the full poem and our editor’s commentary at the link in our bio. #AmericanLifeinPoetry #Poetry #QuincyTroupe

In this week’s poem, Saddiq Dzukogi captures the complexity of grief. Read Dr. Kwame Dawes’ column about the poem at the link in our bio. #americanlifeinpoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

LAND HO! This is a poem about resilience and hope. It’s also Dr. Kwame Dawes’ farewell note as editor of American Life in Poetry. Check the link below to read his column. americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/current

Amer­i­can Life in Poetry’s week­ly col­umn and dis­tri­b­u­tion to pub­li­ca­tions sun­set­ted on Decem­ber 31, 2022. The web­site will remain active with full access to the poem archives for the fore­see­able future. For more info, please visit: bit.ly/3wujVgl