April is National Poetry Month
Take a few moments this month to relax with some of your favorite poems, or to discover some new ones. Stop by the UDM McNichols campus library to pick up volumes of recent Pulitzer prize winners including Gregory Pardlo’s Digest, Vijay Seshadri’s 3 Sections, and Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars. For something closer to home, check out Roses and Revolutions, by Dudley Randall, who served as a poet-in-residence in 1969 at what was then the University of Detroit.
The library also offers online poetry, such as The New Anthology of American Poetry, or, if you are pressed for time, how about some online haiku? You could also subscribe to the digital poem-a-day poetry series, or take a look at A Work Day in Hard Times, a blog by UDM’s own Fr. Staudenmaier, which includes daily poems and reflections.
Finally, if you would like to listen to local poets or work on or share your own poetry, make sure to visit the Grounds coffeehouse on campus on Sunday, April 17th from 3:00pm to 6:00pm for the Broadside Lotus Press Poets’ Theatre. The afternoon will start with a poetry workshop, followed by an open mic session from 4:30-6:00.
Jill Spreitzer, Librarian
