According to T.S. Eliot, “April is the cruelest month.” That is certainly the most well-known line from his poem The Wasteland. It is one of those quotes many people have heard even if they haven’t ...

April is National Poetry Month, and this year it's taking on some new resonance, with most of the world stuck indoors, anxious for the future and antsy about the present. Poems can be a lot of things ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Houston County Library Director Chris Warren joined News4 This Morning to tell us about the newest Chapter Chat pick. April is National Poetry Month, so this month’s pick ...

There’s much to be said in praise of the small poem. For one thing, small poems, like today’s Poem of the Day by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), are easy to memorize. In fact, Teasdale’s “April” is a ...

For those who are tweeters, use #pocketpoem to share your poem with the Twitter-verse. For information and tips/events for celebrating the day, go to poets.org/pocket ...