about the celebration
about the celebration
National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.
Thank you for joining in the celebration by listing your events and attending other events in your community, displaying this year's poster, participating in Poem in Your Pocket Day, recommending the Dear Poet project to a young person, signing up to read a Poem-a-Day, and checking out 30 more ways to celebrate.
We hope National Poetry Month's events and activities will inspire you to keep celebrating poetry all year long!
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Dear Poet A multimedia educational project that invites young people to write letters in response to poems shared by our Chancellors. | ![]() | Poem in Your Pocket Day Join thousands of individuals across the U.S. who will carry a poem in their pocket on April 26, 2018. | ![]() | Poetry & the Creative Mind The 2018 annual gala will be held at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 25. | ![]() |
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Apr 28 2018
#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: The Universe in Verse 2018: Livestream (April 28, live from Brooklyn)Don't miss The Universe in Verse 2018, brought to you by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and astrophysicist Janna Levin of Pioneer Works. This celebration of the Earth—from the oceans and trees and volcanos to bees and kale and the armadillo—will feature poems by Maya Angelou, Adrienne Rich, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lucille Clifton, Elizabeth Bishop, Denise Levertov, Walt Whitman, and more, read by musicians Amanda Palmer, Zoe Keating, and Sean Ono Lennon, astrophysicists Janna Levin and Natalie Batalha, authors A.M. Homes and James Gleick, artist Maira Kalman, bryologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, and actors, writers, and directors America Ferrera, Anna Deavere Smith, and John Cameron Mitchell. Diane Ackerman, Academy Chancellor Emeritus Jane Hishfield, and Academy Chancellor Marie Howe will read their own work. Gracing the evening will be an original poem by Neil Gaiman, composed for the occasion, and a special musical surprise. Contact: [email protected]
7:00pm
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St
11231
Brooklyn, New York
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Apr 26 2018
EARTH DAY POETRY: Create an upcycled book of poems!As the philosopher Seneca once said, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Join us in honoring Earth Day and National Poetry Month by beginning your own unique accordion-style book of poems by using recycled materials that have reached their beginning's end! Poet Laureate Kaecey McCormick will be joined by writer and artist Keiko O'Leary in this two-hour workshop who will teach participants some unique hand-lettering styles to accompany their book of poems. Participants will transcribe a poem (or more) into the book and may bring a poem they've written, a poem they enjoy reading, or may choose from a selection of poems provided at the workshop. Who: Adults, High School Teens REGISTRATION REQUIRED Contact: [email protected]
1:30pm
Cupertino Library
10800 Torre Avenue
95014
Cupertino, California
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Apr 26 2018
Blackbird Poetry FestivalAward-winning poet and author Marilyn Chin headlines the tenth annual Blackbird Poetry Festival for HoCoPoLitSo. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Oregon, activist poet Chin unflinchingly explores the intersection of the Asian and American worlds. Admission fee: $15.00
Contact: [email protected]
2:30pm to 9:00pm
Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway
21044
Columbia, New York
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