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Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day

 

Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day

The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you on Poem in Your Pocket Day, sharing it with co-workers, family, and friends.

Celebrate on April 18, 2013.

Poem in Your Pocket Day has been celebrated each April in New York City since 2002, and nationwide since 2008. Each year, parks, bookstores, workplaces, and other venues burst with open readings of poems from pockets.

Click a pocket below to download and print poems to share with others, or browse other poems for your pocket.



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