National Poetry Month

Billy Collins by poemelfApril 1, 2013

Tom Foolery’s birthday

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s the first day of National Poetry Month, a celebration most people observe by deleting Poem-a-Day emails. Today is also the most important secular holiday of the year: April Fool’s Day. And I am Marie of Romania, as Dorothy Parker would say. Actually I’m as serious as a person […]

Uncategorized by poemelfApril 6, 2012

My scheduling problem

If you haven’t heard, April is National Poetry Month. Let the celebration begin. Whoop-di-doo. Let your inbox fill with unread poem-a-day emails. Let national magazines feature a token article about the relevancy of poetry. Let teachers assign haikus and limericks to display in cinder block hallways. Let the New York Times hand […]