World Poetry Day
Tomorrow, October 15th, marks World Poetry Day.
The oldest poetry society in the United States is the Poetry Society of America … perhaps best known for persuading the Pulitzer committee to include a poetry category. You can link to the home page of their web site at www.poetrysociety.org.
The executive director is Alice Quinn, who was poetry editor of the New Yorker for 20 years. It’s a fabulous organization that provides a large number of public programs (usually readings) all across the country.