(SHOW) Poets,schools,publishers,booksellers and libraries will hold readings, competitions,book displays, educational events and other activities in honor of National Poetry Month.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

"The thing about poets," he says, "is they like to stay up and talk until about four in the morning.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Another day, a group of poets from Bahrain,Morocco, and Egypt discussed the future of poetry in Arab countries.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

The native of Puerto Rico is a founder of one of New York City's oldest poetry centers -- The Nuyorican Poets Caf.

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The Academy's goals are to bring attention to the great work of poets in the past and today.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

The Academy of American Poets created National Poetry Month based on the success of Black History Month.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

This year,more than one hundred thirty thousand people gathered on the National Mall to hear top writers and poets talk about their work.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

There are small events, like Poetic Voices, a performance by the best teenage poets of Cass County,Missouri.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Poetry slams are competitions where poets perform their poems in front of an audience and judges.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

He says he realized it was time to find a separate space where the poets could gather and he could still get some sleep.

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Claude McKay,Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen were three of the leading black poets during this time.

VOA: special.2011.01.20

Lucille Clifton believed that it was important for poets to write about their own memories.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

The Nuyorican Poets Caf looks and feels a lot like it did many years ago.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

This local arts supporter saw the promise the Caf held for new poets.

VOA: special.2009.04.27