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Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!
The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.
Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores. Create your own Poem In Your Pocket Day event using ideas below or let us know how you will celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day by emailing npm@poets.org.
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Put Poems In Pockets |
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In this age of mechanical and digital reproduction, it's easy to carry a poem, share a poem, or start your own PIYP day event. Here are some ideas of how you might get involved:
Start a "poems for pockets" give-a-way in your school or workplace
Urge local businesses to offer discounts for those carrying poems
Post pocket-sized verses in public places
Handwrite some lines on the back of your business cards
Start a street team to pass out poems in your community
Distribute bookmarks with your favorite immortal lines
Add a poem to your email footer
Post a poem on your blog or social networking page
Project a poem on a wall, inside or out
Text a poem to friends
Help us expand the list: send your ideas to npm@poets.org.
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Pocket Partners |
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Poem In Your Pocket Day is made possible, in part, by the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Booksellers Association, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Need a Poem for Your Pocket? |
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Along with your library, bookstore, or shelf at home, you can find the perfect poem for your pocket by browsing Poets.org, or by signing up to receive a poem from new spring poetry titles each day during April.
Download pocket-sized Poem PDFs to print and share:
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Poem In Your Pocket History |
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Poem In Your Pocket Day has been celebrated each April in New York City since 2002. Each year, city parks, bookstores, workplaces, and other venues burst with open readings of poems from pockets. Even the Mayor gets in on the festivities, reading a poem on the radio. For more information on New York City’s celebration, visit nyc.gov/poem.
Poems have been stowed in pockets in a variety of ways, from the commonplace books of the Renaissance to the pocket-sized publications for Army soldiers in World War II. Have a story about the marriage of the poem and the pocket? Send them to npm@poets.org. |
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Poets.org In Your Pocket |
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In time for Poem In Your Pocket Day, the Academy is proud to announce the launch of a mobile poetry archive which brings the entire collection of more than 2,500 poems, as well as poet biographies and historical essays, into the palm of your hand.
Formatted for effortless access on most mobile devices, the poems can be browsed by occasion, theme, author, title, or form, and searched easily by keyword.
Read a poem, anytime, anywhere—whether to fill a spare moment, woo a darling, toast a friend, find solace, or recall a few favorite lines—verse is now at your fingertips.
For more information, visit www.poets.org/mobile. To access the mobile site, simply go to www.poets.org on any mobile device, or enter www.poets.org/m. Or, for a preview, click here. |
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