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APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain...
T.S. Eliot might not have been a big fan of April, as you can see from those lines in his great modernist poem, The Waste Land, but the Academy of American Poets went ahead and picked it anyway to celebrate National Poetry Month. Sign up on Poets.org to receive a poem a day to celebrate the month, featuring verse from new poetry books published this spring, or download a pretty cool iPhone app that lets the animated poetry and text flow on your handheld screen.
A number of poetry month-related events are going on around LA, and here are a few to get you started:
We'll post other poetry events in our daily Pencil This In columns throughout the month.
