National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry that takes place in April every year. It was introduced in 1996, organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. Their web site is a good place to find information about local poetry events during the month. Which are pretty thin on the ground this year. But we’ve got you covered with two small, intimate poetry “events” every week. (More…)
National Poetry Month
Like way too much of life these days, National Poetry Month has had to go online this year. Even this issue of OLLI Connects is an online manifestation of an experience that would be more powerful if you were there, live and in person, hearing both of today’s poets read their own works. We can’t give you that exact experience, but we suggest–seriously–that you read the poetry in this piece aloud. Pay attention to the punctuation, the timing, the sentence melody. Let each poem tell you how to read it. (More…)
Taking Life by the Throat
April is National Poetry Month, and we’re celebrating it (again) with another group of poems by OLLI members. That fellow in the picture is, of course, Robert Frost, one of America’s best known and best loved poets. He was Poet Laureate of Vermont, though never Poet Laureate of the United States. He once described poetry as “a way of taking life by the throat”.
We think he would have enjoyed the poetry we have for you today. And at the end of the post we’ll share some other ways you can enjoy poetry this month. (More…)
