The Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April 1996 to celebrate the role of poets and poetry in American culture. Since then, it's become one of the largest literary ...

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April is National Poetry Month and we’re marking the occasion by reading poems on WNYC every day throughout the month. (Gothamist and WNYC are owned by New York Public Radio.) This year, our theme for ...

If you need a little poetry in your day, usually you have to open a book or pull it up on a screen. But for National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate has started a hotline. Just call in, and ...

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, our critic at large, A.O. Scott, unpacks Frank O’Hara’s classic love poem, “Having a Coke With You.” “The feeling of the poem is the feeling of being loved,” ...

Worcester’s National Baseball Poetry Festival is issuing a call for baseball- and softball-themed poems from adults and young ...

Poetry lovers can call 503-928-7008 to hear a new daily poem through the end of April. DeAgostini / Getty Images Anis Mojgani was named Oregon’s poet laureate in April 2020, just weeks after the Covid ...

For National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate is bringing "the electric illumination of our collective human experience" directly to the public with a daily poetry hotline. If you need a little ...

Is there a poem that's stuck with you over the years? Tell NPR what it means to you. Updated on May 1 The Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month in April 1996 to celebrate the role ...