April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate it, the Academy of American Poets is encouraging poetry lovers to participate in the first national Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 17. Simply choose a poem you love and carry it with you to share with family, friends, and coworkers on April 17 and throughout the month. Visit poets.org, the official website of the Academy of American Poets, for more information and to find poems to download!
You can also celebrate by participating in an online event hosted by the Library of Congress through the Online Programming for All Libraries Online Auditorium: "On April 17, join with the Library of Congress in an online celebration of the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day. Select a favorite published poem (not your own) in advance to share with others. Participants will present their poem in the order in which they log in to the OPAL Auditorium, the online venue for this program. Those who have a microphone have the option of reading their poem aloud, and to share a URL (if available) at which the poem can be found online. Participants without microphones may provide a link to their poem; Library of Congress employees will take turns reading these poems." For more information about OPAL, visit http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm and to go to the Online Auditorium, visit http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4.
And you can celebrate here on the Not Fiction blog--tell us about your favorite poem(s) and/or any favorite memories about poems or poetry.
"If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire ever can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?" ~Emily Dickinson
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