April is Poetry Month

The concept of April as Poetry Month - a celebration of poetry - was established by the Academy of American Poets.
The idea is to increase the attention paid to the art of poetry, to living poets, to poetic heritage, and to poetry books.
In order to introduce more people to the pleasures of reading poetry, the public are invited to take home a free poem each day from the poetry stand in Galway City Library.
The idea is based on the initiative by the distinguished publishers Alfred A. Knopf who are posting a free poem each day via e-mail. You may subscribe to the service by logging on to: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/poetry/poemaday
Visit Galway City Library for the printed versions of the poem-a-day and browse among our selection of several hundred poetry books.
And remember that April is very much poetry month in Galway with the Cúirt Festival taking place between April 25th and April 30th.
And April 23rd is World Book Day.