April is National Poetry Month!

Mark your calendars! April is National Poetry Month and it starts TOMORROW!

"National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives."

This is the 20th anniversary of the celebration of National Poetry Month! Founded in April of 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, their goals are to...

• highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets,
• encourage the reading of poems,
• assist teachers in bringing poetry into their classrooms,
• increase the attention paid to poetry by national and local media,
• encourage increased publication and distribution of poetry books, and 
• encourage support for poets and poetry.

                   How can you participate? 

• Read a poem to someone!
• Read a book of poetry!
• Attend poetry readings during the month! 
• Sign up for Poem a Day, and receive a poem a day in your email!  
• Find poems at Poems.org and The Poetry Foundation.

AND, come by here all month long to learn about poets, poetry, listen to some poems and read some great poems too! 

Happy Poetry Month!