National Poetry Month - Featuring News from Poets Celebrating Especially April 29th! - Music is My Poetry!

April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of the written word organized by the Academy of American Poets. National Poetry Month “reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters.

Over the 25 years since it began, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.”

EVELYN KRIEGER

Author and Teacher. Inspiring creative souls through hard times.

Share a poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 29, 2021,  #PocketPoem.

Here are two poems for you dear readers:

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Dear Glenda,

"The world is never the same place once a good poem has been added to it."

~ Dylan Thomas

April is National Poetry Month, and in my hometown, there are usually many events throughout this month. Personally, I will be offering a poetry workshop at Godmothers for Women 60+. It's never too late to start writing poetry! In addition, I will be giving a reading at a local bar with other poets.

I'm also happy to announce that my sixth poetry collection, Walking Myself Home: Haibun & Haiku, has been accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press. I just signed the contract and am awaiting the publisher's timeline. I'm over the moon with excitement! As writers, it never gets old hearing that our work has been published!



https://www.dianaraab.com

APRIL Writing Prompts

Who is your favorite poet or poem?

When was the last time you wrote a poem?
What do you remember about poetry in high school?

Life on Earth: Poems by Dorianne Laux

This book was released last year and was longlisted for the National Book Award. This is of no surprise to me. I've already reread it a few times. She writes about moments that many of us have lived through by the time you reach our mutual decade.

As Publishers Weekly deftly says, "With this spellbinding seventh collection, Laux brings to life the simple pleasures and small agonies of human existence."

I've dog-eared so many poems in this book that I love. We are similar in ages, and she writes a lot about aging. I could really relate to 

"I Dare You." 

"It's autumn, and we're getting rid

of books, getting ready to retire, 

to move some place smaller, 

more/manageable."

A slim and powerful volume!

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Words are so Powerful, 

said in poetic manner or as a prayer

Or as a cry for help...

 Words may be in different languages,

 but the tone--the very words

 of those who speak tell so much...

There are no words for War, 

though some men speak loudly

of hate and violence against others

Why is that? Why do we strike out

In fear, anger and often purposefully

Yet, we instantly know regret

May the world come to Thee

Seeking in Earnest of Peace

And May we Accept Your Truth and Love...

Gabby