From: Stohr-Hunt, Tricia <pstohrhu>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:22:06 -0400

Dear Friends,

I know the beginning of each month is usually reserved for announcements, so I hope you'll forgive my jumping the gun a bit. I'm so excited about National Poetry month that I wanted to make sure you knew about upcoming online events before the 1st.

Several bloggers are holding special events for the month of April to honor poetry. Here is a sampling of what you will find with links to the blogs and/or project announcements.

Greg K. at GottaBook is celebrating the first annual 30 Poets/30 Days, where every day in April he'll be posting a previously unpublished poem by a different poet. http://gottabook.blogspot.com/2009/03/announcing-30-poets30-days.html

Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children will be reviewing a new children's poetry book every day. http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/

Anastasia Suen at Pencil Talk will be collecting school poems written by children throughout April and posting one each day. http://penciltalk.wordpress.com/

Finally, on my blog, The Miss Rumphius Effect, I will launch a series called Poetry Makers that will feature interviews with 36 poets during the month. http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2009/03/national-poetry-month-super-secret.html

We hope you will join us online for the celebration of poetry.

Best, Tricia
---------- Dr. Patricia M. Stohr-Hunt Education Department 28 Westhampton Way University of Richmond, VA 23173

My Home Page: http://blog.richmond.edu/pstohrhu/ My Blogs: The Miss Rumphius Effect - http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/ Open Wide, Look Inside - http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. -- Chinese Proverb
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