Gather in Poems 2023, a virtual reading by the Academy of American Poets.
The Academy of American Poets presented Gather in Poems 2023 on Thursday, December 14, 2023. This reading was free and open to the public, featuring readings by Academy Chancellors and beloved poets in the community, hosted in the spirit of gratitude and a shared hope.
Click here to view the Gather in Poems 2023 edition here.
- Ricardo Maldonado reads “Behind the Word is Silence” by Giannina Braschi, translated by Tess O’Dwyer. Assault on Time, Empire of Dreams.
- Denice Frohman reads from “Relax” by Ellen Bass.
- Kwame Dawes reads “Traces” by Matthew Shenoda.
- Dorianne Laux reads “Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me” by Jane Hirshfield.
- Oliver de la Paz reads “Whom You Love” by Joseph O. Legaspi. Gather in Poems 2023.
- Elizabeth Acevedo reads “My Mama moved among the days,” “wishes for sons,” “cutting greens,” and “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton.
- Joy Harjo reads “Deer’s Breath of Every Color” by Max Early. Gather in Poems 2023.
- Naomi Shihab Nye reads “Zero” by Dorothea Tanning.
- Kimiko Hahn reads “Silverswords” by Juliet S. Kono. Gather in Poems 2023.
- Afaa Michael Weaver reads “A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown” by Walt Whitman.
- Yasmine Seale reads “The Song in the Dream,” “Inside,” and “This Hour” by Saskia Hamilton. Gather in Poems 2023.
- John Keene reads “The Healing Improvisation of Hair” by Jay Wright.
- Yvette Siegert reads her translation of “Distant Footsteps” by César Vallejo and “On Living” by Nâzim Hikmet, translated by Mutlu Konuk Blasing and Randy Blasing.
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