Celebrate
National Poem in Your Pocket Day Thursday, April 26, by carrying a poem with
you on that day and sharing it with your family, friends, and classmates.
There are four
ways to select a poem--visit the reference/information desk at any TCC Learning
Resources Center (LRC) and pick up a poem; download a poem from the National
Poem in Your Pocket website (http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/409 ); download poetry to your iPhone,
using PoemFlow (a free application from the iTunes Store available at www.poets.org/m); or photocopy
a poem from a book of poetry by your favorite poet (find the book using the LRC
catalog at http://library.tulsacc.edu
or use a book that you own).
Poem In Your Pocket Day has been
celebrated since 2004. Historically, poems have been stored in pockets in a
variety of ways--from the commonplace books of the Renaissance to the
pocket-sized publications for Army soldiers in World War II to cell phones
almost everybody carries in their pocket today.
The LRC, along with the Academy of
American Poets, sponsors Poem in Your Pocket Day as part of the celebration of
April as National Poetry Month.
