National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month!  This celebrated month of poems began back in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets.  It's a good time to show appreciation for the impact poetic installations have had on our culture.

Being a poet, I love knowing that there is a specific time to bare down and focus on the impact of poetry.  While I am more of the modern def poetry type and I adore some of the old stuff.  I acknowledge that it is necessary to appreciate the original form, which inspired the material that came later.

Be encouraged to make poetry a part of your life.  Read pieces by great poets like Edgar Allen Poe and Maya Angelou.  Now a days, there is a type that can relate to us all.

For more information visit poets.org.  They also offer great ideas on how to incorporate poetry into your life.


*Posts you may enjoy are God's Gift and Black Love Poetry Sample 1 - Waking Up.  You might also want to visit the page on this blog dedicated to my book, Black Love: A Book of Poetry & Love.