April is full of poetry
Couplet, sonnet, elegy
Free verse, haiku, villanelle
Rhyming or not, all is well
You might be a poet
And just not know it
I am not a poet
And I certainly know it
A column in verse?
It could be worse.
I could write it in code
But how to decode?
No more rhyming, I promise. Celebrate National Poetry Month by checking out one or more of these newly published volumes of poetry available at the library.
- “Above Ground: Poems” by Clint Smith.
- “The Best American Poetry 2022” series editor David Lehman.
- “Chrome Valley: Poems” by Mahogany L. Browne.
- “Couplets: A Love Story” by Maggie Millner.
- “The Hurting Kind: Poems” by Ada Limon.
- “Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World” by Padraig O Tuama.
- “Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years” by Joy Harjo.
Jan Johnston is the collection development coordinator for the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries. Email her at readingforfun@fvrl.org.
