Poem in Your Pocket Day

Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone celebrated Poem in Your Pocket Day? You carry around a favorite poem and share it, aloud, with friends and strangers. In conjunction with the Academy of American Poets (creators of the annual April celebration), Elaine Bleakney '98 has published a delightful anthology in the poetry-sharing spirit, Poem in Your Pocket: 200 Poems to Read and Carry. It's actually a kind of ingenious flip-pad between hard covers, designed for you to tear off the poems, one by one, for easy transport. "You cannot fold a Flood," wrote Emily Dickinson, "And put it in a Drawer." With this book, however, you can tuck some Dickinson into your breast pocket, keeping her beside your heart, to lift out in times of need or joy. (Incidentally, the Kenyon Review's student associates have organized a Poem in Your Pocket Day celebration on campus for the past two years.)