Article: Poetic injustice - It's National Poetry Month, but some are averse to the marketing of verse.

Article: POETS CIRCLE THE WAGONS IN TELLING US HOW TO LOVE NATIONAL ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  April 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... there aren't simple ways of talking about them." Molly Peacock's reassuring words are a perfect balm for National Poetry Month, a month that in the last few years has helped increase the buzz about an art form that is dense, ancient and ...

Transcript: Profile: Marathon reading of Emily Dickinson's poetry for ...
NPR All Things Considered;  April 2, 2004 ;     589 words ... ... Emily Dickinson's poetry for National Poetry Month in Amherst, Massachusetts ... concerned, every month should be poetry month, but April is officially designated as National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, the Emily ...

Article: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-EUNICE CELEBRATING NATIONAL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 29, 2007 ;     350 words ... ... Eunice's LeDoux Library will be hosting a series of poetry events in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. The Library will host the National Poetry Writing Month project that encourages poets to write a poem a day during April. Three ...

Article: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.(SERIES: ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 12, 2005 ;     424 words ...Byline: Ted Kooser U.S. poet laureate Many of us have felt helpless when we've tried to assist friends who are dealing with the deaths of loved ones. Here the Kentucky poet and publisher, Jonathan Greene, conveys that feeling of inadequacy in a single sentence. The brevity of the poem reflects the

Article: THE FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE HONORS HOUSE CELEBRATES ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... series of events to celebrate National Poetry Month - a national celebration ... poets and writers. About National Poetry Month: Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April ...

Article: NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EVENTS.(Everyday ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  April 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Today Paul Shreve and Wayne Lanter read from their poetry at 7 p.m. in room 207 of Granite City Campus, Southwestern Illinois College, 4950 Maryville, Granite City. (618-235-2700, ext. 5278) Thursday Poet Mary Jo Bang, author of "Louise in Love," reads from her work at 7 p.m. at the St. Louis

Article: Patricia Smith: A slam poet with punch; National ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... leave and lie. The poems are sexy, angry, scary and sometimes funny. In a review of "Teahouse of the Almighty," a National Poetry Series winner, Publisher's Weekly called Smith the "rarest of creatures, a charismatic slam and performance poet whose ...