April is National Poetry Month!
Celebrate with our Sweet 16 bracket of poems
running weekdays April 2nd through April 30th.
(No new postings on spring break, April 6th - 10th.)
Voting link will update each morning.
April 30th: The 2020 Champion: "Songs for the People" (excerpt) by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper!
April 29th: FOR THE 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP:
"April" versus "Songs for the People" (excerpt)"
Vote for your favorite HERE
April 28th: Final Four Winner! "April!"
"April" versus "" (excerpt) "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
April 14th Winner: "Songs for the People!"
"Blue-Butterfly Day" versus "Songs for the People" (excerpt)
April 24th Winner: "The Walrus & The Carpenter!"
"Trees" versus "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
April 23rd Winner: "April!"
"April" versus "A Noiseless Patient Spider"
April 22nd Winner: "Songs for the People!"
"The Kite" versus "Songs for the People" (excerpt)
April 21st: Elite Eight Begins!
April 21st Winner: "Blue-Butterfly Day!"
"Blue-Butterfly Day" versus "Clouds"
April 20th Winner: "Trees!"
"I Conquer the World with Words" versus "Trees"
April 17th Winner: "The Walrus & The Carpenter!"
"A Jelly-Fish" versus "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
April 16th Winner: "A Noiseless Patient Spider!"
"After While" versus "A Noiseless Patient Spider"
April 15th Winner: "April!"
"April" versus "My Shadow"
April 14th Winner: "Songs for the People!" (excerpt)
"Songs for the People" (excerpt) vs "The Cat & the Moon"
April 13th Winner: "The Kite!"
"If I can Stop One Heart from Breaking" vs
"The Kite"
April 3rd Winner: "Blue-Butterfly Day!"
"Blue-Butterfly Day" vs.
"The Best Thing in the World"
April 2nd Winner: "Clouds!"
"Caterpillar" versus "Clouds"