~ Poem in You Pocket Day ~
"Poem in Your Pocket Day 2019" is on April 18 and is part of National Poetry Month. On this day, select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with others at schools, bookstores, libraries, parks, workplaces, street corners, and on social media using the hashtag #pocketpoem.
"Poem in Your Pocket Day" was initiated in April 2002 by the Office of the Mayor in New York City, in partnership with the city’s Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education. In 2008, the Academy of American Poets took the initiative to all fifty United States, encouraging individuals around the country to participate. In 2016, the League of Canadian Poets extended Poem in Your Pocket Day to Canada.
Above clipped directly from: poets.org
You can find it here and even find a 62 page downloadable PDF of a free guide for celebrating "Poem in Your Pocket Day" in your school, community, or business. It has pages and pages of suggested poems to use.
OR, I like the idea of carrying around one of your own poems and sharing it with others today.
So, there really isn't a poetry form to follow today! Just enjoy poetry in any way you wish and if writing more poetry is one of the ways you want to celebrate it, then please do so - any poetic form we have gone over or any you wish to look up or better yet, here's a day to write some free verse poetry. It's all up to you. Cheers!!
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2 comments:
I chose a few of my own poems to stick in my pocket today. I might write a new poem later, but for now.... https://goofyj.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/national-month-of-poetry-day-18/
Something fun to carry around. The agave I speak of is in my yard, the first time it has put forth a flower shoot.
Agave was growing a shoot,
It’s form to behold was a hoot.
The women did blush,
The men they did rush,
To see such a rather big shoot.
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