National Poetry Month

Washburn University faculty member, Eric McHenry, served as the poet laureate of Kansas from 2015 until 2017!

"The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience." Summary taken from website

"As so many are teaching and working from home, we’ve adapted these lists to help you celebrate National Poetry Month 2021 at home and in the virtual classroom." Summary taken from website

"The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in our lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997." Summary taken from website

A PBS site with videos of poets reading their work.

Poetry Challenge: Create A List Poem That Grapples With Rise Of Anti-Asian Racism

"Amer­i­can Life in Poet­ry is a free week­ly col­umn for news­pa­pers and online pub­li­ca­tions fea­tur­ing a poem by a con­tem­po­rary Amer­i­can poet and a brief intro­duc­tion to the poem by Kwame Dawes. The mis­sion of this project is to pro­mote poet­ry, and we believe we can add val­ue for news­pa­per and online read­ers by doing so." Summary taken from website