It’s time to celebrate poetry once again. I try to read poetry throughout the year but with poetry in the spotlight for a whole month, it’s a nice reminder to try to add more of it to my reading routine.
So if you poetry is not quite your thing or you are just looking for other ways to incorporate poetry in your life, then here are some ideas.
Take a look at the 28 most powerful lines of poetry ever written. What do you think?
Want to listen to poetry instead? You can call FSG Dial-A-Poem, each day you will be able to call 949-DIAL-FSG to hear the President and Publisher (and poet himself) Jonathan Galassi recite one of his favorite poems from a recently published collection.
If you are like me and not sure about new poetry, then check out this list of 10 New Must Read Collections.
The coloring craze has also hit poetry. Here’s a Poetry Coloring book.
Finally, April 21 is Poem in Your Pocket Day. The folks at Poets.org have some great ideas of how to celebrate the day. I’ve already printed out some poems (pictured above) and have mailed them out to some friends.
So, I hope you’ll enjoy these links. What are you doing to celebrate National Poetry Month? I’m hoping to go to a poetry reading later this month so more on that later.
Thanks for the links, Iliana! I already had Poem in Your Pocket Day in mind, but can’t wait to check out 28 lines!
Happy Poetry Month! I just realized that in three weeks I am getting a new tattoo that is a line from a poem! Perfect way to celebrate 🙂
I love the postcards that the Scottish Poetry Library makes for their event:
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learn/teachers/national-poetry-day-teachers
I also like the name for the national Scottish Poet: Makar
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/our-national-poet
I’ve already read one collection of poetry (Skating on the Sky by Claudia Reinhardt) and started Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. I’m anxious to read some by Mary Oliver, too. It’s nice to have a month devoted to poetry, otherwise I don’t know how much I’d read without the nudge.
yay for National Poetry Month!
Such beautiful lines from some of my favorites, so thank you for sharing that link. I hope to post a few snippets here and there at my blog as well this month.
Enjoy your weekend!