You can find more events and resources at the Academy of American Poets website. Thursday, April 29th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Carry a favorite poem in your pocket and share it with family, friends, etc. I like that idea—simple, personal, a good project for kids that you can elaborate on (or not) if you want to.
As for me, I’m planning to keep my posts poetry-related, especially where music and poetry meet. We’ll probably join in for Poem in Your Pocket Day, and maybe some other things, too.
For now, I’ve got a question for you: What poem or poems do you remember from your childhood? What made them memorable? I can’t think about swings without hearing my grandmother recite “The Swing”, by Robert Louis Stevenson and being transported to the porch swing behind my grandparents’ house, looking out on fields and the skyline of Lincoln, Nebraska. She’s still swinging and reciting at 97, by the way.
