An affordable way to get arts into schools

Greg Pinkus has come up with a really great way to kick off Poetry Month.  You can help fund his project of getting poetry in the schools by making a donation as small as $1 through Kickstarter which is a very cool new way to fund and follow creative arts projects.  Of course, you can, and I hope do, help Greg and his poetry in schools project out with a bigger contribution.  Hey, you can even pitch your own project there. The transactions are handled by Amazon, so it's totally safe.  Arts at the grass roots level is what it's all about.

Celebrating a month of Poetry...

"Perhaps You'D Like To Buy A Flower?"

    By Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

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    Perhaps you'd like to buy a flower?
    But I could never sell.
    If you would like to borrow
    Until the daffodil

    Unties her yellow bonnet
    Beneath the village door,
    Until the bees, from clover rows
    Their hock and sherry draw,

    Why, I will lend until just then,
    But not an hour more!

April is National Poetry Month

Gregory from GottaBook will be featuring 30 Poets in 30 Days to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.  Some of the poets he'll be hosting are: Arnold Adoff whom I saw many years ago and whose poetry I still adore, Vancouver's own Avis Harley, multicultural poet extraordinaire, Janet Wong, and the amazingly versatile Jane Yolen to name just a few.  Do be sure to check it out his blog, and to make it easier, you can even subscribe!