Tuesday, April 03, 2007

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month, and here are some recommended resources:

Academy of American Poets

Sign-up for a poem-a-day in your inbox, or find lists of great poems and ideas for teaching poetry here.

The Writer's Almanac

From today's poem on The Writer's Almanac, "Unwise Purchases" by George Bilgere, where a man is wondering if there might be a woman out there for him:

a woman who has always dreamed of becoming
the kind of woman the man I've always dreamed of becoming
has always dreamed of meeting.


For some reason that stanza makes me laugh and laugh.


Previous posts on poetry:

December 2004
April 2005
April 2006

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