{"id":46792,"date":"2023-04-04T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=46792"},"modified":"2023-03-11T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T22:11:31","slug":"april-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/april-is\/","title":{"rendered":"April Is …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The world is “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful.”\u00a0 That is what e. e. cummings said in his poem “In Just<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

In the first lines of her poem Song of a Second April<\/a><\/strong>, Edna St. Vincent Millay espoused:<\/p>\n

April this year, not otherwise<\/p>\n

Than April of a year ago,<\/p>\n

If full of whispers, full of sighs,<\/p>\n

Of dazzling mud and dingy snow:<\/p>\n

It’s National Poetry Month.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Time to bring a bit of poetry into your life.<\/p>\n

“Poetry?” you say.\u00a0 “Too high flautin for me!”<\/p>\n

Wrong!\u00a0 After all, most of us are familiar with Dr. Seuss’ decree, “You must not hop on Pop.”<\/p>\n

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Spice up your month by checking-out one of these poetry books or one of the many others in our collection.<\/div>\n
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Poems to Read Again and Again : a Selection of the Famous and F<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>amiliar<\/span><\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> edited by Stuart, Sarah Anne.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Life doesn’t Frighten Me<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>, by Angelou, Maya<\/span>.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Where The Sidewalk Ends<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, by Shel Silverstein.<\/p>\n

Pop Sonnets : Shakespearean spins on your favorite songs<\/span><\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> by Erik Didriksen.<\/p>\n

The Poetry<\/span><\/span> Remedy : Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind, and Soul<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a>, by William Siegart.<\/p>\n

100 Poems to Break Your Heart<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>, by Edward Hirsch.<\/p>\n

Try your hand at creativity, much like Lewis Carroll when he wrote the first verse of Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves<\/p>\n

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:<\/p>\n

All mimsy were the borogoves,<\/p>\n

And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/p>\n

Or try writing some traditional haiku, with a 5, 7, 5 syllable style.<\/p>\n

At last, spring has sprung.<\/p>\n

Flowers shooting up from ground,<\/p>\n

Stretching toward sun.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter what you do.\u00a0 Just go out and make your month more poetifabu !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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