Literative is celebrating the official start of National Poetry Month, the 30th anniversary celebration of poetry's influence on our daily lives. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste-Land both take place in April, as does William Shakespeare's birthday. But April 1st is also April Fool’s Day, so today we'll read some poetry that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Or perhaps, like the fools in Shakespeare’s comedies, these poems mix some shrewd observations into their silliness. 

Resources:

Academy of American Poets. National Poetry Month 30th Anniversary.  https://poets.org/national-poetry-month-30th-anniversary

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “When a man hath no freedom.” https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/stanzas/

Guiterman, Arthur. “On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1930/03/22/on-the-vanity-of-earthly-greatness

Nash, Ogden. “A Word to Husbands.” https://www.poetry.com/poem/54402/a-word-to-husbands

Parker, Dorothy. “One Perfect Rose.” https://poets.org/poem/one-perfect-rose

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