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!
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