The Conversation

Dua Lipa is a poet too – on National Poetry Day, let’s celebrate the power of words to move us

The significance and solace of poetry is closer than you think, I tell budding authors as they arrive at class with headphones on, glued to TikTok trends, or scrolling through Instagram feeds. Given ...
NBC Washington

April is National Poetry Month. Here's how you can celebrate in and around DC

With spring well underway, the weather warming and the Earth coming back to life, is it any wonder that April is designated National Poetry Month in the United States? The literary celebration was ...
WWLP-22News

National Poetry Day: Famous poets and authors from Massachusetts

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – National Poetry Day, observed each year in October, serves as a reminder of poetry’s enduring power to stir emotions, spark imagination, and capture human experience in just a ...
NPR

Call this hotline to listen to a new poem each day for National Poetry Month

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 ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Poetry Connection: Connecting with National Poetry Month

April is packed with poetry. On any given day, there’s likely more than one poetry event to celebrate National Poetry Month. Ventura County got the ball rolling early this year with its poetry ...