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Celebrating National Poetry Month With 30 Great Poems

There is no better way to celebrate National Poetry Month than by reading amazing works of poetry.

Hunter Throndsen
Apr 11, 2017
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Celebrating National Poetry Month With 30 Great Poems
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National Poetry Month is the month of April, and there is no better way to celebrate the start of National Poetry Month than with a poem for each day in April. I have compiled a list of some amazing works of poetry. One of the most beautiful things about poetry is that it is such a broad genre. There are so many types of poetry out there. These poems range from famous poems by some of the greats like Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Shakespeare, to more contemporary poems by people like Rupi Kaur, to Slam Poetry, to original poetry by amateurs. Poems can also be about a variety of topics including love, mental health, death, and an endless list of other choices. Here are 30 poems for 30 days of National Poetry Month!

1. "Fire and Ice" - Robert Frost

2. Poem - Tyler Knott Gregson


3. Unknown

4. "Lost Voices" - Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley

5. "Somewhere in America" -


6. "Hi, I'm a Slut" - Savannah Brown


7. "Sonnet XVIII" - William Shakespeare

8. From "milk and honey" - Rupi Kaur

9. "There is Another Sky" - Emily Dickinson

10. "Alone" - Edgar Allan Poe

11. "What is Love?" - Hunter Throndsen

12. "Islamophobia" - unknown

13. "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" - Maya Angelou

14. "I Dream A World" - Langston Hughes

15. "When Love Arrives" - Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay

16. "Why do Butterflies Leave?" - Abbey Durand

17. "Amor" - Pablo Neruda

18. "No Help For That" - Charles Bukowski


19. "No Difference" - Shel Silverstein

20. "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep" - Mary Frye

21. "Real-Life Princess" - Annie Burdick

22. "I Thought Of You" - Sara Teasdale


23. "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" - Sabrina Benaim

24. "Solitude" - Ella Wheeler

25. untitled - Christopher Poindexter

26."First Love" - John Clare

27. "A Word to Husbands" - Ogden Nash


28. From "milk and honey" - Rupi Kaur


29. "Sonnet XVII" - Pablo Neruda


30. "Still I Rise" - Maya Angelou

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