Poetry: The best medicine
by Maxine
To get your daily dose and to celebrate April as National Poetry Month, check out "Poem-A-Day." When you sign up, you will receive a poem every day in your e-mail beginning April 1 and continuing throughout the month.
The Academy of American Poets established National Poetry Month in 1996 as a month long celebration of poetry to bring to the general public greater attention to and appreciation of poets, past and present, their books and the importance of poetry in our culture. Events and resorces that have grown out of National Poetry Month include reading series, curriculum ideas for teachers and tip sheets for booksellers and librarians. Their colorful posters are free Even local businesses have become involved as in one restaurant where poems were printed on placemats.
Check out the rich trove of poetry books at the Library including a few new ones-
Oxford Anthology of Afican-American Poetry
My Noiseless Entourage by Charles Simic
No Heaven by Alicia Ostriker
School of the Arts by Mark Doty
World Beat:International Poetry Now from New Directions.
For teens and children-
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls by Naomi Shihab Nye
Fearless Fernie by Gary Soto
Mural on Second Avenue by
Lilian Moore
Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
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