My Head Is Full of Books: April is National Poetry Month

"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Saturday, April 9, 2016

April is National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month, Poets.org

A few things I will do this month to celebrate poetry:

1. Write a poem in chalk on the sidewalk in front of my house
2. Go for a walk on Poetry Way between Owen Beach and the boat launch in Pt. Defiance Park
3. Write a blog post about the poetry book I just finished reading yesterday, Teaching with Heart
4. Make a display in the library case and the bulletin board of poems and poetry books
5. Make myself available to teachers who want me to come to their classes to cooperate with them on a poetry project
6. Read a poem-a-day (from this day forward)
7. Advertise Poem-in-your-pocket Day, April 21st
8. Host a Book Covers Poetry Project Contest (more on this later as I flesh it out)
9. Encourage you, my readers, to incorporate poetry into your life this month, too.

Your turn. How will you celebrate National Poetry Month?