April is National Poetry Month (it’s also National Stress Awareness Month, but someone else can blog that), and we decided to do something special to recognize and help promote it. National Poetry Month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets (Canada joined in the fun in 1999).
With the help of friends, we will be posting poems old and new, reviews of poetry books and whatever news we can get our hands on – with a goal of at least one post for each day of the month.
We’re also thinking about a couple of giveaways – random drawings to receive a book of poetry (or two). Those will be some of the 30 postings for the month.
And, in the comments section, please feel free to link to your own poems and/or link to a favorite poetry or poet’s site. (FYI, if you haven’t commented before, WordPress will suspect you’re spam and stick your comment in the “to be checked” file for the editor. We’ll be checking several times a day, so don’t get discouraged.)
To get things off on the right ode, here’s a link you can subscribe to receive a poem a day throughout the month of April from the Academy.
writing poetry
reduces stress
it’s true because
i read it on my
slip of paper that
came in my fortune
cookie after i made
that mess by
spilling my green
tea all over the tie
of the guy sitting
beside me reading
poetry
and was
not at all
stressed out
I’m participating in the give-away. My post on that will be up tomorrow.
I’m continuing my series on state Poets Laureate, and will have a large number of posts on poets I particularly like or admire.
I may do a giveaway. If my book is ready in time. :) And I am doing a poem a day over at my blog. I will also be linking to poems and poet blogs, so feel free to drop me a comment with yours.
I’m impressed. Are we doing all that? ;-)
Anticipation rises… what will occur?
Beware the odes of April !
Oh what fun!
My poem’s done.