april is national poetry month
Poetry Month Events
Poetry Month Events
Calling All Teen Poets
Original Poetry Submissions Accepted April 1-15
Each year we celebrate National Poetry Month in April with our Claudia Emerson Teen Poetry Contest. 2021 marks the CRRL’s eighteenth year hosting this event, named in memory of Claudia Emerson, former judge, and advocate for our teen poets.
This year, the contest will be hosted online on our website! We'll have a virtual reception featuring poetry by our judges and Poetry Contest winners.
poetry resources
Poetry in the Catalog
Poetry Lists
"When day comes,
we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid.
The new dawn balloons as we free it.
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it."
