National Poetry Month | Bookgirl’s Nightstand

Well, here we are mid month and I’m just now getting around to posting about one of my favorite reading events, National Poetry Month!

So it may be a bit of old news to everyone but hopefully you’ve been enjoying some good poems all month.

I recently finish reading my first poetry collection of the year, I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer, which is a collection of erasure poems created from comments she received both from supporters and detractors. I especially loved the ones that were from negative comments and how she turned around the poem into something powerful and a way to fight back the negativity.

I plan to read another poetry collection but just not sure which one yet. I have some poetry books on my shelves which I haven’t read yet. Some Margaret Atwood, Tracy K. Smith and a collection of nature poems. So we’ll see which one I read next.

Other than that, just been trying to stay sane. Unfortunately the bookbinding class I was going to attend this month got rescheduled but something I can look forward to in the summer.

One exciting thing I did read recently, is that Austin is one of the best cities in the country for book lovers. We may not be #1 but we’ve moved up the ranks and are now at #15. Love that!

I hope you are all doing well and let me know if you’ve read any good poems lately or discovered a new favorite poet!