The theme for National Poetry Month 2022 is There’s A Poem in This Place. Two places to find contemporary poetry at its most vibrant are in the blogging community and at live readings. On 23 April 2022 from 4-5:30 PM ET, the two places come together when a select group of poets from the blogosphere present a live reading of their poetry at Poets in the Blogosphere. Most poetry is meant to be read aloud, and hearing poets read their own work is a heightened experience. The event is moderated by Elizabeth Gauffreau. #NationalPoetryMonth #blogpoetsread2022
Meet the Poets
Luanne Castle 
Blog: https://writersite.org/ 
Serena Agusto-Cox 
Blog: https://poeticbooktours.wordpress.com/ 
Elizabeth Gauffreau 
Blog: http://lizgauffreau.com 
Ken Gierke 
Blog: https://rivrvlogr.com 
George Franklin 
Blog: https://gsfranklin.com/ 
Stephanie L. Harper 
https://slharperpoetry.com/ 
Carla McGill 
https://writingcustoms.com/ 
Robert Okaji 
Blog: https://robertokaji.com/ 
Merril D. Smith 
https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @merril_mds
Elizabeth Gauffreau 
How exciting, Liz, to be included. Congratulations!
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Thank you very much, Darlene!
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Congratulations Liz. Happy National Poetry Month.
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Thank you, Goff! Happy National Poetry Month!!
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Stay Smiling.
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Keep smiling.
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Great idea! Congratulations and many thanks to all the poet:esses, and you for managing, Liz! Have a beautiful week! xx Michael
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Thank you very much, Michael! I hope you have a beautiful week as well.
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What an honor, Liz. Congratulations. It will be a powerful event, I’m sure.
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Thank you very much, Gwen! It should be an enjoyable time.
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I’m honored to be included. I’m really looking forward to this!
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I am as well, wondering which of their poems the people will choose to read. I expect that there will be quite a wide range.
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I imagine so. It should be so interesting.
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How wonderful, Liz. Sharing…
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Thank you for sharing, Jacqui!
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Congratulations, Liz! A very deserved honor!
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Thank you, Dave!
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I can’t wait!
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It should be fun! (Sorry for the late response. Your comment was in my spam folder.
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What a wonderful way to celebrate the month of Poetry! Congratulations, Liz and I look forward to listen! 🤗
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Thank you, Marina! I’m so glad you will be joining us.
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With pleasure! xoxo
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What fun!
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Thanks! 😀
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Fantastic! Congratulations, Liz!
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Thank you, Jill!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!
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Congratulations, Liz. Collaborative efforts such as this can be great fun.
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Thank you, Pete! I’m enjoying working with Luanne to plan and promote the event.
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Congratulations, Liz
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Thank you, Jo!
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Impressive roster of talent Liz, including yourself of course! My Dad was a prof at UNH.
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Thank you very much, Cindy! What department was your dad in?
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I won’t be able to attend and wonder if there is going to be a replay? Best wishes to all of you.
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Yes, we’re planning to record the event and make it available to those who can’t make it.
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Yay.
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Wonderful!!!! Just the thing for poetry month!
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Yes, indeed!!
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Congratulations Liz!!!!!
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You’re welcome, Sue!
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Wonderful. They couldn’t have chosen a better event or moderator. I must rush off to share this with poetry-writing colleagues.
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Thank you so much on all counts, Ranee!
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Wonderful, Liz! Marked my calendar, registered and l ooking forward to listening in. Thanks for sharing!
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Some I like, but as a rule, I don’t understand how to do all the different kinds of poems. It seems whenever I start thinking of one and I write it down, it turns out to be a jingle!!
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Don’t forget, Ogden Nash made his reputation writing jingle-esque poetry!
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Ah-hah!!
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What a line-up! How very exciting. Congratulations on being part of this, Liz!
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Thank you, Marie!
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Thanks for putting this event together, Liz. I look forward to it!
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You’re welcome, Eilene! I’m glad to hear it!!
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Congratulations! It sounds like a wonderful event!!!
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Thank you, Linda! I’m looking forward to it.
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What a wonderful event, Liz. I recognize most of the poets and know their work. Congrats on being included. That’s awesome.
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Thank you very much, Diana!
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This looks like a stellar event, Liz. You’ll be moderating as well as reading, I see. Good for you!
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Thank you, Audrey!
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Hi Liz, this sounds like a wonderful event. Well done.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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That does sound interesting, Liz. Are you reading one of your poems as well as moderating?
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Thank you, Tracy, it should be! I’m not planning to read anything of mine, just focus on hosting.
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I guess you former lecturers are used to doing that scary stuff. Good luck to you and all the poets. Things are going to get crazy here for a while so I won’t be able to listen in.
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Thank you for the good wishes, Tracy. I hope your TL is on the road to recovery.
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Thank you very much for the reblog, Kevin.
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How lovely for you to be included in this! Well done indeed!
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Thank you very much, Meryl!
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Congratulations, Liz. I love your style; your book of grief poems were lovely “songs.” Enjoy the month. Even though T. S. Eliot says “April is the cruelest month,” you poets are proving it otherwise.
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Thank you very much, Marian! I’m so glad my poetry resonates with you. So far, this year’s poetry month is yielding some very good poems.
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What a treat, Liz! A little bit past my bedtime, but I’m looking forward to the recording. I shall put the word around 🙂
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Thank you very much, Chris! We appreciate your helping spread the word.
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My pleasure 🙂
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Liz, this is just wonderful! Hats off to you for organizing the event. You’re right that poetry is meant to be read aloud. I will be at the Eric Carle Museum that day to hear their annual lecture, which was originally scheduled for April, 2020. I look forward to the recording. Best to you.
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Thank you, Jennie! It was an Andy Hardy moment for Luanne and me: Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! Enjoy your time at the Eric Carle Museum.
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Haha! It will be wonderful. I’ll take pics of the museum.
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Good! I was hoping you would.
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Everyone cried. I took pics and will post this weekend.
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Oh, good, something to look forward to!
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Tomorrow. 🙂
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Add one more tomorrow…
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This is so amazing. It’ll be really late here in India. I wish you all the best. I am sure it will be a wonderful experience.
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Thank you for the good wishes, Sonia!
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Congratulations, Liz! Happy National Poetry Month.
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Thank you, Eugi! Happy National Poetry Month!
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Most welcome, Liz!
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Well, how cool!
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Thanks, Nora!
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Happy Poetry Month dear
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Thank you!
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Congratulations! Sounds like a fantastic event!
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Thank you!
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A little late to this post… I want to wish you the best of luck, Liz! Looks like a fantastic set of talents and I’m sure the event is going to be fantastic.
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Thank you very much, Damyanti!
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This is very cool, Liz. Congratulations ~ and wish you great success with this.
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Thank you very much, Randall!
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Happy Poetry Month, Liz! How exciting to have this wonderful event and that you’re the moderator. I hope you’ll record it and post the recording.
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Thank you, Miriam! We’re planning to record it.
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That’s wonderful, Liz!
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I see Liz there 😀
Best regards
Bernhard
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Yep, that’s me!
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It has always mystified me as to how, where, what poets apprehend – I can’t even put into words what it is they apprehend. It is pure magic. continue…
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I know exactly what you mean, Tony. There are some poems that leave me asking, how did you get inside my head? As you say, pure magic.
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