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Category: Appreciating Poetry

Appreciating Poetry

Need inspiration? Here’s a poem to make you smile

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Julia Tomiak / 1 Comment

Explore a short, inspiring poem about nature for Poem in Your Pocket Day, #nationalpoetrymonth

Appreciating Poetry

Advice from Poet Laureate Ada Limon for National Poetry Month

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

Good advice for poets, creatives, pretty much anyone- find the silence. Ideas for celebrating National Poetry Month.

Appreciating Poetry

Focus your attention with this poem for your pocket

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Julia Tomiak / 0 Comment

It's poem in your pocket day! Celebrate poetry today by sharing this short poem from bell hooks

Appreciating Poetry

A great poem for your pocket 2022

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Julia Tomiak / 1 Comment

Here's a lovely, short, and important #PocketPoem. Enjoy :)

Appreciating Poetry

A poem for your pocket 2020

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

It's Poem in Your Pocket Day! Share your own, or use this lovely one about leaving loneliness behind. #pocketpoem #ShelterInPoems

Appreciating Poetry

Poems of courage and solace

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Julia Tomiak / 6 Comments

It's National Poetry Month, and we NEED poems now to encourage and inspire. I share two favorites. What are yours?

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