Welcome to National Poetry Month!
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.”
– A. E. Housman, Loveliest of Trees
The Academy of American Poets, inspired by the success of Black History
Month and Women’s History Month, created National Poetry Month in 1996. It is
the largest literary celebration in the world and UCF Libraries are proud to do
their part.
UCF Libraries have gathered suggestions to feature 14 books of poetry
that are currently in the UCF collection. These works represent a wide range of
favorite poetry books of our faculty and staff.
These, and additional titles, are also on the Featured Bookshelf display on the second (main) floor next to the bank of two elevators where they are joined by a selection of nature poetry.
Click on the link below for the full book descriptions and links.
Featured Bookshelf: National Poetry Month
