Alright, metrophobes, this ones for you (And no, I don’t mean those with an irrational fear of straight men with flat-irons). Over the course of this poetry month, we’ve tried to teach you a little be bit about poe...
One of the main goals of National Poetry Month is to make poetry more accessible, to get poetry into more public and unexpected places. Can you imagine if millions of people tuned in every week to see “America’s Nex...
Are all song-writers poets? There is no question that music and poetry are connected, and song lyrics can often read like poems. But is there a difference between the two? Do lyrics need to be combined with music to fully comm...
National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 (Canadians are allowed in the club, too, as long as they know the secret password) The goal of the month is to highlight poetry and make it more acc...
April is my favorite month. And not because of flowers or showers or more hours of light, but (if you can’t tell already by my preemptive rhyming) because it’s poetry month! To kick off National Poetry Month 2013, I...