{"id":19914,"date":"2023-04-03T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/april-is-national-poetry-month-2\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:54:30","slug":"april-is-national-poetry-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/april-is-national-poetry-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"April is National Poetry Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, the entire campus community is invited to join the Campus Poetry Project sponsored by the English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language Department.<\/h4>\n

Throughout April, be on the lookout for poetry postings in the\u00a0Campus Chronicle <\/em>and on digital monitors across campus, as well as our cardboard poet cutouts and poetry lawn signs. Take a selfie with your favorite poet!<\/p>\n

This year, the American Academy of Poets<\/em><\/a> is highlighting this verse: “we were all made for something” (Ada Limon). That is why we decided to focus on poems about work this year. We’ll include songs and lyrics about work, too! (Below is the official 2023 National Poetry Month poster from the American Academy of Poets<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

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Please click here<\/a> for a link to 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Classroom (or anywhere).<\/p>\n

Today’s Poem<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I Hear America Singing”
\nby Walt Whitman
\n(1819-1892)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
\nThose of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
\nThe carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
\nThe mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
\nThe boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
\nThe shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
\nThe wood-cutter\u2019s song, the ploughboy\u2019s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
\nThe delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
\nEach singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
\nThe day what belongs to the day\u2014at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
\nSinging with open mouths their strong melodious songs.<\/p>\n

This poem is in the public domain.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Walt Whitman<\/strong> was born on May 31, 1819, and is the author of “Leaves of Grass.” Whitman and Emily Dickinson are considered the architects of a uniquely American poetic voice.<\/p>\n

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Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 03 Apr 2023 11:54:30 +0000 by\u00a0j.austin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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