The Academy of American Poets and EDSITEment have teamed up to create Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community, an online initiative and set of lesson plans designed to engage youth with contemporary poetry. The title of the initiative comes from Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, who, during a 2015 interview at the Library of Congress, discussed the civic responsibility of poets: "Let's create incredible bridges." Aimed at middle school and high school learners, each lesson incorporates a famous poet reading her or his own work, along with multimedia resources and interactive activities. For example, in a lesson centered on Joy Harjo's poem "Remember," students listen to "The Water Song" by Corbin Harney alongside Harjo's poem. In another lesson centered on Claudine Rankine's "From Citizen IV [On the train the woman standing,]" students act out the premise of Rankine's poem before exploring it together. Other poets featured here include Adrienne Su, Edward Hirsch, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Each lesson plan meets Common Core Standards for English/Language Arts.