Good Times: National Poetry Month

April was a great month in Spokane for poetry lovers. Some fine poets were featured at GetLit including Dorianne Laux, David Wohajin, as well as J.W. Marshall. Marshall is a long-time poetry lover and co-owner of Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle, one of the two poetry-only bookstores in the nation. He recently published his first book of poetry Meaning a Cloud. Check out the Open Books website for lots of information about poetry http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/.

Auntie's staffer, Claire B., reminds us that April is the cruelest month in this fine acrostic poem.

A kind word from the weatherman could
Untie this cold-roped city, send
Notes from closed windows. Not
This morning.
Instead a cartoon row of tiny, identical clouds
Each smiling grim like a trapped houseguest,
Spelling snow where there could be spring.

April is over but poetry continues on.... Gonzaga professor, D.S. Butterworth will read from his collection of poems The Radium Watch Dial Painters Tuesday, May 6th at 7:30 pm. And May 30th at 6:00 pm, the Inland Northwest Center for Writers sponsors Martin Espada. His collection, The Republic of Poetry, was nominated for a Pulitzer.