Poets
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Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Poet X (2018), which won the National.... Read More
Prose from Poetry Magazine
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Poem
You Mean You Don’t Weep at the Nail Salon?By Elizabeth Acevedo
Audio
The editors discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s poem “Iron” from the April 2018 issue of Poetry.
Featured Poem Samplers
Poem SamplerBy Sarah Ahmad & The EditorsReading the beloved “poet of the people”
Poem SamplerBy Benjamin VoigtCapturing American idiom through image, voice, and innovative forms.
Schools and Movements
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Affrilachian poets
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Objectivist Poets
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Black Arts Movement
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Victorian
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Black Mountain poets