Celebrate National Poetry Month!

Kalamazoo has a special relationship with poetry. There are live poetry events, workshops, and readings year round! We are also home to Diane Seuss ’78, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her work frank: sonnets.

Here are some poetry events and materials you can take advantage of in April (and all year!):

• Check out our poetry display in the lobby and our virtual display featuring poetry books from our collection
• Attend an event by the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival
• Check out the Poetry Foundation, where you can search for poems or sign up for a poem of the day.
• Listen to poets read and discuss their works on the New Yorker Poetry Podcast
• Check out a book of poetry from our collection
• Read about 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month online or at home