Note: this freebie is aimed at teachers, librarians, and students. However, I believe anybody is able to request one as long as they live in the US.
I don't quite “get” the free National Poetry Month poster you see above. Then again I don't get much poetry beyond the roses are red variety and even those are known to throw me for a loop. Sometimes they're pink or white!
That said, I'm excited for this free poetry poster mainly for the alliteration as opposed to being a poetry fan. I'm not even sure I could name a single poet. Robbie Freeze? Amelia Ricketson? I know Edward Ellen Pope is a famous one. Oh yeah, Salt Shizman!
This is an annual freebie offer that ships out in May each year. The 2025 poster features an excerpt from “Gate A-4”, a poem by former Young People’s Poet Laureate and Academy Chancellor Naomi Shihab Nye, as well as artwork by New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator Christy Mandin.
It ships in May? Do you mean March? Why would it ship after poetry month is over?
They take submissions through the end of National Poetry Month (April) and then ship everything all at once in May.
Dork 😛
Guilty as charged.
Is it the information age? Hand on mouse, searching, waiting….
Me either. I like their older posters better. You can, actually, get a pdf of this poster, admire it digitally, and save a tree.