STILL MORE WAYS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

As National Poetry Month winds down, the ways to help celebrate it continues to grow. To spice up the end of the month try the following:

• Recite a poem to family and friends, be it a holiday or birthday celebration. Your own, of course. But you can use one of your favorites if you like.
• Visit a poetry landmark. Pay homage to a poet's  life and work by seeing where it all took place, or started out. While in New York City next month, I plan to take a walking tour of LANGSTON HUGHES' Harlem of 1926.
• For poetry landmarks in your area, click on poets.org then Poetry Near You, then Poetry Landmarks.
• Add a special poem to the end of your e-mails. Check with your e-mail provider for ways to create a personalized message on your emails.
• Start a poetry reading group. Select books or poems that invite readers of all levels. Hey! Start a "framily" group!
• Take a poem out to lunch. Put some poetry in your lunch period by reading a special poem, quietly or if possible, out loud; after you have eaten, of course. It will be like dessert or a snack or something.

        ENJOY THE LAST FEW DAYS OF NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!