First place
Small, winged musicians
perched on branches pierce silence
with beacons of hope.
Anjeanette Alexander-Smith – Faculty Member, English
Second place:
My nights are consumed
By thoughts of distant places
Under the same moon.
Jenna Swiney – Undergraduate Student, Health Science
Third place:
Bad idea this was
coming home to quarantine
send help, moms a pest.
Qhamora Kimbrough – Staff Member, Admissions
Black has been defined
By some random guy with pride
Why can’t black decide
Cadrian Kennedy – Undergraduate Student, Behavioral Neuroscience
Open bag of chips—
Librarian glares at me,
Mask stays on, hungry.
Bryce Abell – Undergraduate Student, English
I try to walk fast
Pero el mundo corre
Estoy cansada
Gabriella Senior – Graduate Student, Exercise Science and Chronic Disease
“A good poem is a contribution to reality." —Dylan Thomas
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful." —Rita Dove
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” —Carl Sandburg
April is National Poetry Month! This annual celebration of all things poetic was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. Over the years, the holiday has been celebrated by poets, academics, and fans of literature. 2022 marks the 26th anniversary of National Poetry Month.
This online display will be updated as resources become available. You are invited to email suggestions or recommendations.
The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets: Poetic Responses to English Poetry from Chaucer to Yeats by EAT Poems: a series of audio chapbooks curated by Mark Ari, devoted to unique poetic wherever we find them, with a special focus on Florida Poets in and around Jacksonville. The following EAT Poems feature works by UNF Faculty: Keith Cartwright, Anna Claire Hodge, and Fred Dale.
