April Virtual Display: National Poetry Month

A tree with orange and red fall leaves has thin discs of a tree truck hanging from one branch. Each disk has a word and altogether reads: Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you. The words National Library Month are across the top, and various sponsor logos line the base.

Clark College Libraries are creating virtual displays while the library is closed, starting with April: National Poetry Month! Follow the links below to check out some online poetry ebooks and other digital resources. To access the ebooks and poems, click the link next to “Get It Now At:” and sign in with your lab username and password. Some may have a link at the top of the page that says “Check for full text” instead.

eBooks from Clark College Libraries

 

Photo of the cover of The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, featuring a photo of an older black woman looking off to the left. She has round glasses and a slight smile, her hair is grey.
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010, by Lucille Clifton

Cover of The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson. The word
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

The cover of Bringing The Shovel Down. There is a drawing of a person dressed in all grey sitting on green grass, which covers the bottom half of the image. There is a pale blue sky behind them, and a large brown cliff-like thing on the right side.
Bringing Down the Shovel
The cover of morning haiku. There are three black and white images of a black woman dancing. The cover has a periwinkle floral design.
Morning Haiku by Sonia Sanchez

The cover of The Poetry of Sappho. An image of a white woman surrounded by trees, painted in what appears to be oil paint.
The Poetry of Sappho

Poems and Poets from the Poetry Foundation and Beyond

Portrait of a smiling woman of Burgher/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. She wears a black leather jacket, bold metallic jewelry, black cat-eye glasses, and bright pink lipstick.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, image CC BY 3.0 from The Laura Flanders Show
Poems by Leah Lakshi Piepzna-Samarasinha

 

If you would like to know more about National Poetry Month, click here: https://poets.org/national-poetry-month

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