Don’t forget, the Poetry Out Loud National Finals are next Monday and Tuesday (Apr. 26-27). For those of you unable to join us in DC, keep informed on Twitter where we will be posting up-to-the-minute information live from the competitions. Follow us at http://twitter.com/poetryoutloud and use the hashtag #POL for the latest updates. For the rest of you, see you in DC!!
Well, the end of National Poetry Month is fast approaching. Hopefully you have discovered some wonderful verse over the course of this month and you will continue to read, recite, write and spread the love of poetry throughout the year. So as a final nod to Nat’l Poetry Month 2010, we offer a small sampling of poetry on the art itself.
Poems on Poetry
A Fit of Rhyme Against Rhyme–Ben Jonson
Ars Poetica–Archibald MacLeish
Epilogue–Robert Lowell
How I Discovered Poetry–Marilyn Nelson
The Poet–Yone Noguchi
The Poet at Seventeen–Larry Levis
Poems about other Poets
A Supermarket in California–Allen Ginsberg
Hysteria–Dionisio D. Martinez
On Shakespeare–John Milton
You, Andrew Marvell–Archibald MacLeish
Poems about Writing
For the young who want to–Marge Piercy
In My Craft or Sullen Art–Dylan Thomas
The Author to Her Book–Anne Bradstreet
Many of Billy Collins’ poems cover the art of writing
The National Poetry Out Loud contest in DC was wonderful! It was great hearing and seeing such talented high school students from around the US. It was a wonderful experience. Kudos to the NEA, the American Poetry Foundation, State Art agencies, and the faculty and students. Great job!!