Thank you for responding to our letter and for your support.
Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.
Your gift today enables:
- Connecting students across the country with real poets through the Dear Poet Project
- Engaging teachers with easily-accessible poems, lesson plans, and multimedia resources all year with the Teach This Poem newsletter
- Publishing new poems by today’s distinguished poets through our popular Poem-a-Day series
- Sharing free posters to 40,000+ teachers and librarians nationwide
