Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.
Keep an eye out for Poem in Your Pocket Day at Excelsior Branch Library on April 14!
Check out some “poetry generator” sites:
For example
Think Zone Poem Generator
Will produce poems like this:
Sails endure like sunny gulls.
Why does the shark die?
Misty, rough clouds swiftly love a small, old shore.
Clear, dead winds roughly view a lively, misty lad.
The breeze travels like a warm captain.
Shrink calmly like a misty slum.
Love, work, and life.
Life, life, and action.
The car gabs like a big street.
The big girl quickly buys the hood.
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These are from Language is a Virus:
So comely in the fog
Strangely green beyond the shadows
You cavort with cold faces in the air
Take cover! The sin is done
Very quiet below the spirits
We poke evil flames over the tomb
God! The day has vanished
So comely in the fog
You conjure dark delusions about the rain
Alass! The Knave is vanishing
shifting hungry
never meeting
no words left
From what country
the sailor
wander aimlessly
in the late light
Strange and colorful about the clouds
So murky in the air
You prod dry teeth about the spirits
Can you dig it? The sin must continue
Dark and black below the shadows
I smell luminous fragments over the light
Ahhh! The Queen is going
Strange and colorful about the clouds
I swallow dark hooks over the fire
I reach! The day felt good
darkening nameless
saying goodbye
sun on his face
In how many places
the god
turn aside
in the late light
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Or try this: Poetry Generator
This one from the Educational Technology Training Center is more interactive.
Dewey Classifications for Poetry
800s for literature generally
808 for materials about the craft of writing
So ...
808.1 for materials about the craft of writing poetry
Poetry class numbers tend to end in 1
Poetry collections begin at 808.81
American poetry in English begins at 811
English poetry begins at 821
Some examples of numbers for poetry in other languages:
831 German poetry
839.71 Swedish poetry
841 French poetry
851 Italian poetry
861 Spanish poetry
869.1 Portuguese poetry
871 Latin poetry
881 Classical Greek poetry
889.1 Modern Greek poetry
891.86 Czech poetry
891.71 Russian poetry
895.61 Japanese poetry
