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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!

 


Sylvia Plath
Ariel
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John




Allen Ginsberg
Love-In
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John



Virginia Woolf
Rite of Passage
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John




Emily Dickinson
Wait
by David Matthews

 



Carl Sandburg
Connemara
by J Brian Long

 

 


Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton in Cuba
by Margarita Engle

 

 


Mark Strand
Looking For Mark Strand
by Ellen

 

 


Marina Tsvetaeva
Line Endings
by Esther Altshul Helfgott

 



Robert Creeley
A Poem for Robert Creeley
by Carlos Reyes

 



Edna St. Vincent Millay
Only the Light
&
Edna

by Marion Menna

 

 


Robert Frost
Song for Robert Frost
by Harry Furness

 




Richard Wilbur
Wilbur's Lies
by Connie Walle

 



Sylvia Plath
It Lingers
by Amelia Glebocki

 

 


Pier Paolo Pasolini
un ragazzo di vita
by Peter Humphreys

 

 


Denise Levertov
How I Photographed Denise Levertov
by Kath Abela Wilson

 



Hafiz of Shiraz
liquid song (for Hafiz)
by Mary Frances Spencer

 


For you, April was the cruelest month
Portrait of T.S. Eliot
by Carol Bugge

 


G. M. Hopkins
by Nancy Shiffrin

 

 

  Welcome springtime with this exotic dish
Guacamole and Caviar Dip
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

A rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the southwest of France.
Cassoulet de Toulouse
from the international kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Treat your guests to a live lettuce salad with a delicate Tarragon Vinaigrette
Testa di Insalata Viva
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Savour the delicate flavors in this frosty dessert
Pear Sorbet
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

 

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