I love April.

And not just ’cause it’s my birthday month.

And my husband’s birthday month.

And the month when all the highways in Texas are lined with wildflowers, far as the eye can see.

It’s more than all that.

Starting tomorrow (and I’m not foolin’) the school kids and the bloggers and the booksellers and folks like you and me are given free rein to read, write and talk about poetry every single day for 30 days.

!!!!!!

So, in anticipation, here’s something I told ya’ll about last year but it bears repeating:

Knopf will place a little poem in your email inbox each day in April.
All you need to do is sign up here.

Why wouldn’t you?