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. |  |
upcoming events
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Aug 17 2018
Poetry Night at the Outdoor Cafe Featuring Valerie WallaceThe Outdoor Café in Chicago, Illinois, is pleased to present Poetry Night featuring Valerie Wallace, on Saturday, August 17, 2018, 7 p.m. An open mic hosted by Jenene Ravesloot and Tom Roby IV will follow. Valerie will be reading from her debut poetry collection House of McQueen (2018), which was chosen by Vievee Francis for the 2016 Four Way Books Intro Prize, and the chapbook The Dictators’ Guide to Good Housekeeping. She is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award and the San Miguel Writers’ Conference Poetry Award. learn more To be considered for #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week, we invite you to become a registered user of Poets.org and use our online calendar Poetry Near You to promote local events in your community. Contact: [email protected]
7:00pm
Outdoor Cafe
3257 W Bryn Mawr Ave
60659
Chicago, Illinois
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Aug 16 2018
PMCA: Exploring CaliforniaJoin PMCA, Red Hen Press, and notable African American writers for a reading of contemporary poetry and prose in conjunction with Grafton Tyler Brown: Exploring California. Join us afterwards for a reception courtesy of Lagunitas Brewing Company. Presented with the Playhouse District Association. This free event is presented as part of PMCA 1234 monthly programming. Contact: [email protected]
10:00pm to 11:30pm
The Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 East Union Street
91101
Pasadena, California
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Aug 20 2018
Poetry Unlocked Presents Louis V Clark III & Lisa VihosLouis V. Clark III was born and raised on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin. He started writing poetry to exorcise the demons that accompany racism added to alcoholism that haunted his youth. The University of Arkansas offered to publish his first chapbook, Two Shoes in 2010. The Wisconsin Historical Society Press took a chance on a unique concept and published his second book, How to be an Indian in the 21st Century in 2017, a memoir in poetry and prose. This book has won the Midwest Independent Booksellers Peoples Choice Award for 2017. Both books have won awards from the Oneida Arts Board for excellence in Literature. Clark has been honored to be on National Public Radio as well as Wisconsin Public Radio. A sequel to How to be an Indian is due out sometime in 2019. The poems of Lisa Vihos have appeared in numerous journals, both print and online. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, her fourth chapbook, Fan Mail from Some Flounder, just appeared in 2018 from Main Street Rag Publishing. She is the poetry and arts editor of Stoneboat Literary Journal and the Sheboygan organizer for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Contact: [email protected]
7:00pm
The Draw
800 S. Lawe Street
54915
Appleton, Wisconsin
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