Welcome to Litsy!

Sunday spring day. Windows open, sunshine in. Seagulls calling. 玄米茶 (brown rice tea) in my cup, book in hand.

It's still National Poetry Month, and I am reading “Playlist for the Apocalypse“ by Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate. #poetrymonth #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymatters #poetry #Sunday #sundayvibes

𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏:

The first major retrospective of Robert N. Taylor's poetry. This limited edition volume features a stamped cover, black endsheets, archival-quality paper, and an introduction by 𝑻𝒀𝑹 editor Joshua Buckley.

On this #NationalPoetryMonth, don't miss out on adding this stunning tome to your collection❗️
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https://underworldamusements.com/products/remnants-of-a-season-robert-n-taylor

My favorite coworker at the library, who has also worked as a nature educator, created a haiku challenge for #NationalPoetryMonth. She‘s provided photo inspiration (complete with ID). I chose the pictured and tried my hand:

Delicate flower
I am not. Instead, call me
a sensitive fern.

If this is the kind of nerdy wordiness that appeals to you, I‘m sure she‘d be thrilled to have more entries!

https://tinyurl.com/AFLHaiku

I've been reading and sharing a poem a day in my Instagram stories for #nationalpoetrymonth. It's been fun to reread some favorite poets and discover some new ones. Doireann Ní Ghríofa is one those I was introduced to. I'm now savoring a reread of her book, Lies. Also found an interesting interview with her from a couple years ago: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/06/02/history-is-the-throbbing-pulse-an...

@Andrew65 Thank you so much for hosting #AwesomeApril! I haven‘t been great about posting, and I did read other things this week, but I successfully used the Readathon as motivation to jumpstart my poetry reading during #nationalpoetrymonth which had been seriously lagging even though it makes up a big chunk of my April TBR.

My #bookspinbingo board for April is ready! It includes 7 volumes of poetry, but it is #nationalpoetrymonth so it seems appropriate… @TheAromaofBooks

Poem by Kate Baer "When Uncle Brian Asks If We Sit Around and Burn Bras" #nationalpoetrymonth

Ready for #NationalPoetryMonth! Look forward to spending time with these collections in the weeks ahead.

I'm not good with poetry. My brain rarely has the patience for it. But I do want to improve and Poetry in America is one of my favorite ways to do that. For #NationalPoetryMonth you can stream all episodes for free at https://www.poetryinamerica.org/tv-series/. If you subscribe all seasons are available on PBS Passport also. And LitHub announced this PiA marathon screening on the World channel, if you have access to that.

Happy Poetry Month!

National Poetry Month: Day 30! 📖❤

This is a most fitting poem for today! 😁

I can't believe it's the end of April today! I've really enjoyed sharing poems with you all this month! 💕

#NationalPoetryMonth