Good Morning, Everyone:
No photo here this time, because we’re not celebrating just one poet, but all poets everywhere, throughout history. This is National Poetry Month here in the United States, where people have become newly aware of and grateful for poetry during our Corona-virus (hate even saying the word) lockdowns.
Reports are that, among the book-buying public, poetry sales are up, which is such good news. Poetry, as readers of this column surely know, heals the soul. It’s the best medicine we can get for the ailing souls we have right now.
Although I usually don’t recommend specific poets in April but rather give you the usual exhortation to search out poems – on your own shelves, in libraries and bookstores, this time I will.
So many people responded to the beautiful poem by the young Amanda Gorman, “The Hill We Climb,” that she read at Joe Biden’s Inaugural ceremony it was as if they had never heard a poem before. Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: April 5, 2021