Good afternoon, everyone! As you know, National Poetry Month is truckin' right along; in fact, it's almost over! Never fear, fellow poetry nerds: we have one last reading list to help you get your poetry fix. Whether you read one poem a day or you read all of these at once, we think you'll like the links we have in store for you.

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5 Poems to Read Right Now

1. "The Colonel" by Carolyn Forche

Or, one of the few poets who can excellently execute a prose poem.

2. "On Love" by Rumi (trans. Alan Jacobs)

3. "Blue" by Carl Phillips

PLUS, a video of Carl Phillips at the River Readings

4. "What the Living Do" by Marie Howe

5. "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron

That's all for now. We hope you enjoyed today's reading selections! Don't forget, you can find the rest of our suggested reading by clicking here. Bonus points if you share a poem with a friend.

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So, as you know, every week this month, we'll be stopping by with five links to poems you can (and should!) read today (or this week). They will range from contemporary to classics, but none will take you longer than 5 minutes to read. Warning: some may take you a lifetime to absorb. But hey, that's poetry for you. If you're interested in our other roundups, you can check out this here link. Otherwise, let's get to it!

5 Poems to Read Right Now

1. "There She Is" by Linda Gregg

2. "The Truth the Dead Know" by Anne Sexton

3. "Shake the Dust" by Anis Mojgani

(This one has a video reading, too, since it's spoken word!)

4. "Uncertain Grace" by Rebecca Wee

5. "Aubade" by Philip Larkin

Happy Monday! And as always, HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! If you're looking for a specific prompt, just ask and we'll be happy to oblige. And let us know if you have a favorite poem you want to see featured on the blog---we're always looking for new reading material, too!

Good morning, friends, and happy Monday! Yes, we mean happy Monday. It's National Poetry Month, which makes any day that much better, and you get to start off your day with some light poetry reading! What better way to get inspired to keep writing? (And what better way to shake off the 'Monday blues' we're all too familiar with).

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This epicness here is your morning on poetry.

Each one of the poems below is a relatively quick read, but don't blame us if you get caught up in them as you drink your morning coffee. Get ready to get lost in some glorious word play and awesomeness.

5 Poems to Read Right Now:

1. "Artless" by Brenda Shaugnessy

2. "Nowhere" by Matthew Buckley Smith

3. "The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina" by Miller Williams

4. "The Archipelago of Kisses" by Jeffrey McDaniel
Plus, a bonus Vine!

5. "Room" by Dan Rosenberg

Enjoy your morning read? There's more where that came from! Each week we'll be doing a reading list like this one here, so come back and see us again real soon.

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Welcome to the first full week of National Poetry Month on the blog! Every week this month, we'll be stopping by with five links to poems you can (and should!) read today (or this week). They will range from contemporary to classics, but none will take you longer than 5 minutes to read. Warning: some may take you a lifetime to absorb. But hey, that's poetry for you.

5 Poems to Read Right Now:

1. "Ulysses" by Lord Alfred Tennyson

2. "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

3. "Without Ceremony" by Catherine Pierce

4. "For women who are 'difficult' to love" by Warsan Shire

---there's a video reading here---

5. "A Working List of Things I Will Never Tell You" by Jon Sands

---there's a video reading here---

And that's all she wrote! (No, really, I don't have anything else to say.) Enjoy! Happy National Poetry Month!