Next week marks the biggest week in poetry since popsicle stick poets lined up and marched on workplaces around the globe in July.
Tweetspeak is teaming up with the Forward Arts Foundation to celebrate poetry on two sides of the pond. Britain’s National Poetry Day takes place on October 6 this year. And, we’re celebrating our second annual Random Acts of Poetry Day on October 5.
You can start sharing the the joy of poetry on two sides of the pond right now with our fun shareable graphics and audio of Christina Rossetti’s “Up-Hill.” Download to your heart’s content and spread the word on your favorite social media channels.
Up-Hill by Christina Rossetti, read by Ann Kroeker
Every bathtub should have a rubber duck with a poetry raft
You can always use a poetry carrier pigeon to get the message across
Chill with the penguins and their poetry collections
We don’t have an explanation for the chicken poets
Get more information about Poetry on Two Sides of the Pond:
Learn about Britain’s National Poetry Day on October 6
Learn about Random Acts of Poetry Day
Get a free Random Acts of Poetry Day idea ebook
Learn about the Forward Arts Foundation
Illustrations by LW Lindquist, author of Adjustments: A Serial Novel
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Megan Willome says
There is no need for an explanation for the chicken poets. They are simply brilliant.
L.L. Barkat says
The fairest (and funniest) fowl I ever did see, in celebration of poetry! 🙂
These are so delightful. And Ann’s reading is lovely.
Laura Brown says
I think I might do something with Kay Ryan’s chicken poem “Home to Roost” on RAOP Day, with a nod to the inexplicable chicken poets, whom I imagine trying to snap-applaud with their little feathertips.
Ann Kroeker, I think you could have a career voicing audiobooks.
Ann Kroeker says
My serious reading seems to contradict the lighthearted graphics.