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National Poetry Month Poster for April 2023

The 2023 poster was designed by Marc Brown, creator of the popular Arthur book and PBS television series. The artwork incorporates an excerpted line from the poem “Carrying” by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Brown was selected by Scholastic—the global children’s publishing, education, and media company—to create the artwork for this year’s poster as part of a new National Poetry Month initiative between the publisher and the Academy of American Poets.

National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 to celebrate the role that poets and poetry play in our culture. Read more at poets.org.

Poetry Websites

American Life in Poetry
American Life in Poetry provides media outlets the opportunity to publish a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems.
Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.
Poets.org: Poem a Day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Includes audio recordings of poems.
Power Poetry
Power Poetry is the world’s first and largest mobile poetry community for youth. It is a one-of-a-kind place where you can be heard. Power Poetry isn’t just about poetry: it's about finding your voice and using it change the world!