Poet Joe Pacheco recalls one of Parker's last performances, when the saxophonist known as "Bird" played in Manhattan ... Island in Florida. Pacheco's poem is from his book The First of the ...

For me, one of the best thing's I've ever done for my morning is sign up for the Academy of American Poets's Poem-a-Day email. Now, every morning a poem lands in my inbox, so I can start my day ...

For the White Bird is a quiet poem (like early morning frost) inspired by two events: a friend’s dream about a white bird in his pocket, and the purchase of a children’s book on Matisse’s ...

We’re in line. “Some birds don’t mind the cold,” a woman answers. “They have warm nests. Their feathers keep them warm.” The boy hesitates, then rejoins, “But Grandma . . .” To keep them shivering ...

Listen to Michael Collier reading this poem. Bird song in the morning air but also the whirr of my neighbor’s lift as it raises him in his wheelchair onto the bed of his truck. Not someone to ...