A Celebration of Poetry in the Collections

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed March 21 as World Poetry Day, and April has been proclaimed National Poetry Month by the Academy of American Poets. In recognition, explore our poetry-related collections and listen to poetry with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

400 lire "Poetry" single

Personification of Poetry, After Raphael

Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Poetry

Poetry

In the Late Afternoon. . .We Talk Poetry

Poetry (bust of figure on front facade of New York Public Library

Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral

Walt Whitman

Poetry Resource Center of Michigan Benefit Party

Portrait of Jack Kerouac

"Just My Take: A Book of Poetry and Words of Wisdom"

The Essentials of Poetry (Eiga taigai)

Typewriter belonging to Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Apollo personifying Poetry

Poetry Series: Street Ballads

Broadside for Essex Hemphill poetry reading

Poetry Series: An Introductory Anthology

Six Immortals of Poetry: Ariwara no Narihira

Poetry, from a Series of Seated Muses

The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry

Poetry offering to the Kasuga Shrine (Kasuga kaishi)

Photograph of June Jordan

Poetry anthology manuscript in safina format of 25 folios

Seeking a Line of Poetry by a Spring Stream 春溪覓句圖

Women's Year Poem

Amiri Baraka, Poet

Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Poster for Concept East Poetry featuring Kain, David Nelson, and Felipe Luciano

A Ceremonial Poetry Party in March, one of a set of five

Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi; verso: Amir Khusraw presents a book of poetry to Ala'uddin Khalji; recto: text

Carl Sandburg

Women's Year Poem

Audre Lorde

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