April is National Poetry Month—do you have any plans?
You could re-read an old favorite or peruse the poetry shelves at the library to find something new. You could attend an open mic or you could read to your family at your dining room table. You could enjoy a Shakespearean sonnet or laugh out loud at Shel Silverstein’s verse. Whatever brings a little poetry-joy into your life!

As I continue to recover from gallbladder surgery, I am happy to say that I will be at TWO readings in the near future. On April 15, I will be the Guest Bard at the Blue Water Poetry Zoom (email me for details if you are interested). And on May 19, I will be joining a group of talented writers at Mutiny Comics in support of Aspen Everett’s new book Tributaries. What a great read, I highly recommend it! In fact, I will share my official review:

Breath and heartbeat. Dry grasslands and fertile riverbanks. Birdsong and human voice. In Tributaries, Aspen Everett’s lyricism plunges us into these branches of more-than-human experience, immersing us in each heightened moment. And as we flow from page to page, our arbitrary divisions are washed away, leaving only interconnection. 
—Amy Wray Irish
author of Breathing Fire and Down to the Bone

However you choose to celebrate, thank you for continuing to support poetry.