The Academy of American Poets inaugurated National Poetry Month in April 1996 as a month-long, national celebration of poetry, whose goals include highlighting our poetic heritage and introducing more Americans to the pleasures of reading poetry. This issue of Quill and Parchment salutes poets past, present and future!*

 

"A dust devil dancing in the desert"
More Nobody Than Emily
by Mary Langer Thompson


"Like a Joshua tree in the desert"
On the Death of Allen Ginsberg
April 5, 1997
by Mary Langer Thompson


"Looney as full moon nights"
Fight in Poet's Corner
by Mary Langer Thompson


Emily Bronte
On Emily's Moor
by Caroline Gill


Allen Ginsberg
Upon Going To Erica’s Office On Second Street For the First Time
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John


"A swirl of dark feathers circled above"
Man of Three Cities
by Burgess Needle



Photo by Mary Randlett

In Memory of Theodore Roethke
Opening His Greenhouse
by Kay Weeks



photo courtesy of Star Black©2009

"You saw no where left to go"
Rachel
by Ruth Sabath Rosenthal



Sharmagne Leland-St. John ~ Self Portrait

Sharmagne Leland- St.John
Altitude
by Kristin Roedell


*Find out more about the poets by clicking on their pictures*


Emily Brontë: I'll walk where my own nature would be leading
by David Matthews


Seeing in the Dark
by Kristin Roedell
Review by Ed Bennett


Blue Water Poems
by Phibby Venables
Review by Kristin Roedell


WHISKEY DAYS (2010)
by Tommy Gaffney



Interview with Carole Bugge
By Ed Bennett


What could be better on a spring day than tea and poetry!
Lemon Verbena-Mint Tea
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John


This healthy tea-time bread is a wonderful souvenir of childhood
Banana Nut Bread
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John


Easy to make delights from the herb garden and orchard
Lemon Verbena Sorbet
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John


Sweet and tart! A wonderful combination for teatime to awaken those sleepy taste-buds
Lemon Cream-Blackberry Tartlets
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John



Click on the individual pictures for photo credits and to learn about the poet for whom the poem was written.


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