April Is National Poetry Month
Give poetry a chance. Celebrate spring by discovering poems you can understand
Are you like millions of Americans who are turned off by poetry? “I don’t understand poems,” you might say. Or, “I like reading novels, but I just don’t ‘get’ poetry.” The month of April—the time of blooming daffodils and songbirds settling down for their next broods—is National Poetry Month, as declared in 2006 by the Academy of National Poets. Here’s a challenge for you. Rummage through your shelves and select a book of poetry, possibly from the days when you were in high school or college. Find a solitary place, perhaps out in the back yard, leaf through the pages, and find one poem you enjoy. Announce to your family or a friend that you’d like to read them this poem in honor of National Poetry Month. Poets are a diverse assortment of …
e gruenbaim
4:28 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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