If you didn't know, ten years ago The Academy of American Poets established April as National Poetry Month! HOORAY!! We can celebrate our calling in the open, we are POETS, no longer the bohemian outcasts from society! No longer shall we tragic poets dwell in the depths of dark coffee houses, shrouded in black and anguish, desperate for the opportunity to share a secret word with a solitary soul such as ourselves.
Then again, black is rather slimming and if I do like me some java...
Anywho, take some time out during this April to visit The Academy of American Poets website and check out the huge variety of poetic resources they have available, including a searchable "Poetry Near You" page and the "POETCAST", a podcast that will regularly showcase selections from their expansive Poetry Audio Archive, as well as new work by contemporary poets.
So fellow poets and poetry lovers, it's safe, really, you can come out now. You're amongst friends.
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