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Calling all poets even and especially if you don t call yourself one. Use #NPRpoetry to send us your mini poems and we ll feature some of your submissions each week of April. bortonia/Getty Images
Every April, in honor of National Poetry Month, we call on our audience (yes, you!) to help us celebrate the art of the verse.
Keeping with NPR tradition, we re asking for your original poems haikus, couplets, freeform, you name it. This year our spoken wordsmiths may be pleased to know we re adding TikTok to the mix.
How to share your poem
'Tis the season to fill our feeds; need not rhyme nor reason for our poetry needs: Help NPR celebrate with your original poems on social media. Each week, we'll enlist poets to pick their favorites.
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