National Poetry Month San Antonio (NPMSA)

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National Poetry Month takes place each April and is one of the largest literary celebrations in the world. It is a time when the poetry community comes together to provide activities, initiatives and resources so that anyone can join in online and at home. In San Antonio, we go big for poetry and have a robust line-up of events for all to enjoy. It all kicks off with the 10th annual Viva Poesía taking place on Saturday, April 6 starting at 6 pm at Mission Marquee Plaza
Click here to view the robust line up of San Antonio National Poetry Month events and happenings!

Here's a few ways you can celebrate:
  • Participate in one of the many poetry events. More than 30 events are scheduled for this year’s celebration, including readings, workshops, performances and discussions.
  • Learn more about the San Antonio Poet Laureate program. 
  • Watch "The Echo Project" - Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson's signature initiative as San Antonio’s Poet Laureate (2020 - 2023).
  • Check out a book of poetry from your local library.
  • Get inspired by San Antonio’s Public Art and write a poem about your favorite.
  • Start your classes or meetings by reading a poem.
  • Make a poetry playlist.
  • Browse this selection of poems for kids about spring.
  • Post your poetry or pics at events and tag @GetCreativeSA, #NPMSA2024 #NationalPoetryMonth #GetCreativeSA

NEW BOOKS 

If you have a book of poetry published in or to be published in 2024-2025, or if we somehow overlooked you - please send the details to Jim LaVilla-Havelin at lavhav@gmail.com. Or consider donating one copy of your new book to the Poetry Archive at Palo Alto College.

POETRY

  • Alaniz, Jenn Yanez  / SURROGATE EATER  / Alabrava Press
  • Barker, Wendy / THESE ROADS, THESE MOONS (translated into Spanish by Matthew Tavares / Alabrava Press
  • Cooper, Vincent / INFIDELIS / Mouthfeel Press
  • Dennis, James R. / SONGS OF SEVEN DAYS / New Beginnings, an imprint of Material Media
  • Estrada, Gwen / PASSAGE OF EVOLUTION / Atmosphere Press
  • Flores, Anel  / CORTINAS DE LLUVIA / Jaded Ibis Press
  • Fuller, J. Bruce  / HOW TO DROWN A BOY / LSU Press
  • Lee, Catherine / MENTOR WONDERS - One Act Play and Poems / Cheshire Cat Composition
  • Lyons, Bonnie  / MIRIAM TALKS BACK / Material Media
  • Martinez, C.L. Rooster /  MEXICAN DINOSAUR /Write About Now Publishing
  • Musgrove, Laurence / A STRANGER’S HEART / Lamar University Literary Press
  • Payne, Lindsey  / DIFFERENT SHORES: LOVE POEMS FROM THE SEA /  Libresco Feeds Private Limited
  • Phelps, D. Ellis / OF FAILURE AND FAITH / Kelsay Books
  • Robbins, Josh / ESCHATOLOGY IN CRAYON WAX / Texas Review Press
  • Quintanilla, Octavio / THE BOOK OF WOUNDED SPARROWS / Texas Review Press
  • Reyes-Boitel, Jo / THE MATCHSTICK LITANIES / Next Page Press
  • Rodriguez, Rod Carlos / CANTOS, INCANDESCENT / Finishing Line Press
  • Silva, Ire’ne Lara  / THE EATERS OF FLOWERS / Saddle Road Press
  • Tenner, Joan / THE “HUMBLER POET” books / Windsor House Press
  • Vega, Eddie / SOMOS NOPALES  / FlowerSong Press
  • Walthour, Lauren / PATTERNS OF SATURN: A MID-CYCLE MEMOIR 

ANTHOLOGIES 

  • Browne, Jenny, editor / TEXAS, BEING A State of Poems / Maverick Books- Trinity University Press  A Corazon Collective / THERE IS SO MUCH I WANT TO TELL YOU / poets: Ire’ne Lara Silva, Jo Reyes-Boitel, Angelina Saenz, Jen Yaniz-Alaniz, Carmen Calatayud /  Small Press Distribution, Inc.
  • LaVilla-Havelin, Jim, editor / IF I WAS A BIRD: Poems from Krier / Gemini Ink
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab, editor / GRACE NOTES: POEMS ABOUT FAMILIES / Greenwillow Books
  • Vega, Eddie, editor / ASINA IS HOW WE TALK / FlowerSong Press

OTHER

  • Bayes, Rohn / THE ANCIENT BOOK OF MAGIC SECRETS /  Spring Water Press
  • Clack, Cary / MORE FINISH LINES TO CROSS / Trinity University Press
  • Frost, Susan Toomey / WITNESS TO WAR: MEXICO IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WALTER ELIAS HADSELL / Trinity University Press
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab (and Georgia Heard) / AWAKENING THE GREAT-TEACHING POETRY K-8 new edition 
  • Platt, Kamala  / ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POETICS /  Walter de Gruyter
  • Rendon, Al / MI CULTURA: BRINGING SHADOWS INTO LIGHT - THE PHOTOGRAPHY  OF AL RENDON / The With Museum, Disturb. Trinity University Press
  • Tafolla, Carmen / WARRIOR GIRL (A Novel in Verse) / Penguin-Random House
  • Tejeda, Juan /  MI CARNAL FRANK /. FlowerSong Press
  • Tolan, Denise / ITALIAN BLOOD /   memoir / CavanKerry Press 

PRESSES / PUBLICATIONS

Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.

The City of San Antonio joined the National Poetry Month celebration, the largest literacy celebration in the world, in 2009 to increase public awareness about the importance of poetry. Many talented poets call San Antonio home, and poetry has an essential place in the culture of San Antonio. More than 30 events are scheduled for this year’s celebration, including readings, workshops, performances and discussions.  

#NPMSA2024 

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Thursday, March 28, 2024