NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
April is National Poetry Month (the official site), when the reading public's awareness of poems and poets, old and new, is intensified. Infoplease has a page devoted to National Poetry Month that includes links to poets, collections, glossaries, quizes, and awards.
One of the links there is for the Poets Laureate of Great Britain and of the USA. The current US Poet Laureate is Ted Kooser from Iowa. When Billy Collins was Poet Laureate (2001), he set up the Poetry 180 program, proposing that each day in all US high schools, a poem should be read over the PA system during announcement time.
Illinois has its own Poet Laureate, Kevin Stein. There were only three previous Illinois State Laureates. My favorite of these is Carl Sandburg. Many of his poems are about the Midwest and Chicago. One of the few poems I can recite in its entirety is his Fog--of course, it's very short, but, still, very evocative.
One of the links there is for the Poets Laureate of Great Britain and of the USA. The current US Poet Laureate is Ted Kooser from Iowa. When Billy Collins was Poet Laureate (2001), he set up the Poetry 180 program, proposing that each day in all US high schools, a poem should be read over the PA system during announcement time.
Illinois has its own Poet Laureate, Kevin Stein. There were only three previous Illinois State Laureates. My favorite of these is Carl Sandburg. Many of his poems are about the Midwest and Chicago. One of the few poems I can recite in its entirety is his Fog--of course, it's very short, but, still, very evocative.
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