April Brings Poetry and Film Festivals

There are two big goings-on this month, one national and the other in New York. National Poetry Month is inspiring events nationwide, including the recent Poem in Your Pocket Day April 14. Coming up in New York is the Tribeca Film Festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

On Poem in Your Pocket Day, Poets House in New York handed out poems printed on cards. See: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-590606. Meanwhile former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins (in photo, at right) and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and award-winning poet Kimiko Hahn (third from right) took part in a poetry reading at Lehman College in The Bronx. When asked, Collins said his pocket poem of choice would be “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Hahn said she would carry along “So Lonely am I” by Ono No Komachi, translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene.

The Tribeca Film Festival in New York runs April 20 through May 1 in New York. We suggest you check out the free public talks and programs, as well as the movies. Check this link for schedules and other information:

http://www.tribecafilm.com/