![]() ![]() If you’re a parent, a poet, or both, you may want to check into what your local schools are doing to celebrate National Poetry Month and find out if there’s a way you can get involved. Students became poets, and they created their own poetry portfolios With older students, poetry month grew into a more complex but truly satisfying exploration of the many styles, themes, and formats poetry can take. We also wrote a lot of poetry, created our own poetry books, and held a poetry reading When I taught younger students, we memorized “Keep a Poem in Your Pocket,” we held poetry read-alouds daily, and we went on individual poetry hunts to discover our personal preferences and favorite poems. Schoolteachers, librarians, booksellers, and publishers approach April with great enthusiasm, and readers are delighted. ![]() Since that time, Poetry Month has become a worldwide literary celebration. The aim was to shine a spotlight on the integral role of poets and poems in our national culture. ![]() National Poetry Month was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. That’s because April is Poetry Month, and it provides a perfect opportunity to celebrate poems and poets History of National Poetry Month During my years of teaching, this was the time of year when I unrolled a favorite laminated poster and taught my students this lovely poem by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers: ![]()
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