National Poetry Month

Who knew? April is National Poetry Month. I bet that's so because April is the door to spring and spring is such a font for poetry. Yay! poetry. Take a look at this page for all the books of poetry coming out this season. I think it really does make a difference to your understanding to be able to read a poem as part of a collection. Not a collected works of, but a book of poetry. Like a book, a novel, books of poetry have themes and unifying symbolism. I find that when you read a book of poetry the poems in them are easier to understand than if you find the poem in an anthology. Context is everything.