I don’t know why we do it, assigning commemorative days and weeks and whole months to different ideas. It’s a strange phenomenon. It is as if those things don’t have enough of a voice, that we must draw extra attention to them. And for the most part, that is precisely why it is done.
April is poetry month. It is also: (list from wikipedia: List of Commemorative Months)
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Awareness Month
- Confederate History Month (Southern United States)
- Earth Month (Canada & United States)[10]
- Financial Literacy Month
- Jazz Appreciation Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month [11]
- National Volunteer Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Parkinson’s Awareness Month[12]
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month[13]
- National Donate Life Month (Create the need for designated organ donors)
Because I’m no poet, check out these other wonderful writers for their contributions to the cause. Many have taken the April poetry challenge where they write a poem a day, or a total of 30 poems during the month.
- “Dark Pain” at Helle Gade
- “Spain” from Poem-a-day, courtesy of the Academy of American Poets
- Two Poems – Poetry by Nettie Farris
- “The everyday walk” by killerkiss2
- “Blackout #7 (The Runaway)” by Yusra Gulab Jamman
- “Divine Fullness” by Charlie Riverman Bergeron
- “E-Enough” at Randoms by a Random
I hope you enjoy this sampling of poetry, and as always,
Happy Writing!
My Literary Quest 
🙂 🙂 🙂