Poetry month kicks off

The Poetry Foundation released the first “Where I Write” episode featuring Erika L. Sánchez on April 2, 2026, and says subsequent episodes will publish on the Foundation’s website, YouTube, and social channels. (poetryfoundation.org) The April 2026 issue of Poetry spotlights several writers appearing in the magazine for the first time, including PEN/Faulkner winner Garth Greenwell and Walt Whitman Award recipient Emily Skaja. (poetryfoundation.org) Poetry Magazine will make the April issue available as a free download through the Poetry Magazine app for the month, and subscribers during April will receive a limited-edition notebook designed for personal writing and reflection. (poetryfoundation.org) The Poetry Foundation is launching season two of the Wake, Butterfly podcast in April with writing prompts and reflections from Marie Howe, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nick Makoha, Maggie Nelson, Dawn Lundy Martin, and Manny Loley. (poetryfoundation.org) The Foundation will unveil a new Bold Type design series on April 2 with CAConrad presenting the poem “First Light,” a Pentagram-designed installation that will remain on display through August 1 and includes readings by Rickey Laurentiis, Jake Skeets, and S Yarberry. (poetryfoundation.org) Sasha Stiles’s National Arts Club event, “A LIVING POEM: Can Poetry Help Us Stay Human?,” is scheduled for March 31, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, and the program ties to her MoMA exhibition and a generative artist book titled A LIVING POEM: The Codex due in spring 2026. (eventbrite.com) Mississauga Arts Council’s Poets for Peace will run April 19 from 2:30–4:00 p.m. in the Sunrise Room at Hyatt Place Toronto/Mississauga (5787 Hurontario St), featuring Ontario Poet Laureate Matthew “Testament” Jones, Mississauga Poet Laureate Andrea Josic, and Youth Poet Laureate Tahira Rajwani, hosted by Susan Ksiezopolski and sponsored by TD Bank Group and Hyatt Place. (mississaugaartscouncil.com)