Don't be a Fool! Celebrate National Poetry Month!

That's no joke, people: April really is National Poetry Month.  To celebrate I created a display I've known I would do since the beginning of the school year: a display that combines novels written in verse and poetry collections.

I tried to get a wide range of books for this display (as I always do).  There are poetry anthologies ranging from a WWI Graphic Novel collection to the Vietnam War experience to 20th Century Poems; collections by "classic" authors, like Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edgar Allan Poe; collections by musicians (Patti Smith and Jim Morrison); and some awesome new contemporary works, by authors like Naomi Shihab Nye and Mel Glenn.  The novels in verse are all young adult and would all be considered realistic fiction. 

To go along with the display I made a small sign to encourage students to take our Poem of the Whenever quiz.  So far, only two students have taken it.  They both "passed"...AND walked away with candy and a pencil.  Talk about awesome prizes!

Now...stop reading this, and GO READ SOME POETRY!!!  Check out poets.org for new poems everyday, and there are also author interviews and a plethora of other poetry resources.