Celebrate National Poetry Month in April!
I have often joked with people that in a zombie apocalypse or in some post-asteroid-impact apocalyptic world where we’re back to using sticks and stones and living a hunter-gatherer existence, […]
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April is National Poetry Month
In 1996, the Academy of American Poets dubbed April National Poetry Month, which celebrates the art of poetry and the important role that poets have in our culture and society. […]
Romance and Romanticism: 5 English Romantic poets to read on Valentine’s Day!
Poetry has always been associated with love and courtship, and nothing is more romantic than sharing a poem with that special someone on the most romantic of days, which is […]
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We shared this clever (and visual) poem by Brian Bilston yesterday on Facebook, and the response by followers indicates that lots of other people were delighted by it, too. Brian […]
Showing Some Spine (Poetry)
It’s still April, and so we’re still celebrating Poetry Month. Today, we’ve composed a book spine poem from the titles we’re sharing below. Some older, some brand new; some […]
Staff Picks: Popular Poets
For National Poetry Month we’re sharing some of our favorite poems and poets with you. When we asked Pasadena Public Library staff what their favorite poems were, there were some […]
Rhythm and Rhyme
“I am waiting for my case to come up and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder and I am waiting for someone to really discover America and wail…” […]
National Poetry Month: Literary Biographies
April is National Poetry Month! The library has lots of great poetry books that you can check out, but sometimes the life of a literary figure is just as amazing […]
National Poetry Month: Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate this literary art form here’s a list of all the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry from the 2010s with links to the […]