Each year the month of April is set aside as National Poetry Month in America, a time to celebrate poets and their craft. Various events are held throughout the month by the Academy of American Poets and other poetry organizations.
Need a daily read this month? Try their Poem-a-Day feature. Write a poem to one of Poets Online's many prompts from our archive. Try our latest prompt and submit something this month for our next issue.
The 2024 poster shown at the top (get a free copy) features artwork by award-winning children’s author and illustrator Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton
and may you in your innocence
sail through this to that
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