National Poetry Month 2015 Is Near!
The 2015 National Poetry Month celebration begins just days from now. I'm making plans and enjoying this year's poster designed by Roz Chast, a 2014 National Book Award finalist and New Yorker cartoonist. Roz's clever art features a line of poetry from Mark Strand’s wonderfully devilish, "Eating Poetry" which begins:
"Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry..."
Click here for the rest of Mark Strand's "Eating Poetry.”
To celebrate National Poetry Month this year, each week during April I'll feature a new poetry-related book right here including a giveaway of each of the books. Here is the line up of featured books:
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March 30 - April 3 week:
THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY FOR CELEBRATIONS edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
April 6-10 week:
BLUE BIRDS by Caroline Starr Rose
April 13-17 week:
AUDACITY by Melanie Crowder
April 20-24 week:
GONE FISHING: A Novel in Verse paperback by me: Tamera Will Wissinger
Here are other poetry-related happenings:
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I'm also looking forward to participating in Irene Latham's 2015 Progressive Poem. Last year was my first time participating and it was such fun I decided to jump in again. I'll be adding the participating poets in my sidebar so that we can follow along as the poem is written.
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To celebrate the release of the Gone Fishing paperback, through 3/31 I’m hosting a Gone Fishing giveaway on twitter using the hashtag #GoneFishingPaperback.
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Today's Poetry Friday is with Jone at Check It Out!
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That's all for now. Have a great weekend, enjoy National Poetry Month and I hope to see you back here in April to celebrate!