What better to do than browse through poetry books in the month of April during National Poetry Month? We invite you to visit our National Poetry Month exhibit centered around this popular annual celebration of poetry. The exhibit will feature a selection of poetry books from both the Library’s circulating collection and our employees’ personal collections. Also on view will be favorite magnetic poetry kits and other poetic novelties suitable for the very special month of April: National Poetry Month.
Drop by the exhibit on Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 29) for a free takeaway, a scrolled-up poem, which visitors are welcome to grab and unwrap to celebrate the holiday.
About National Poetry Month
Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. It has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.
Image credit: Artwork by Lara Lazar. Line excerpted from the poem “In This Place (An American Lyric)” by Amanda Gorman, from Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database (2017). For more free poetry resources, visit poets.org/npm.
Contact:
Scott Paulson
spaulson@ucsd.edu