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TO START THE NEW YEAR, WRITE EVERY MORNING. Start with an aubade.

aubade
(oh – bahd’)
from the French for dawn

a lyric poem about the dawn, set at dawn, or a morning serenade. The theme of an aubade is traditionally about the parting of lovers, a standard example is the lark scene in Act 3 sc 5 of Romeo and Juliet. Many scholars consider the alba to be an early form of an aubade.

"I make myself write. I write every day, and I get up and write into the light."—Peter Cooley

example: Peter Cooley’s “Your Own Hours”

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This section includes a a different poem for each day of the school year complete with cross curricular lesson plans. Simply click on a highlighted date below.


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If you know of a reading or other poetry event, please follow this link and fill out the event form .

THURSDAY EVENINGS 
7:30 p.m.
Gold Mine Saloon
701 Dauphine St
New Orleans, Louisiana
17 Poets! Literary and Performance Series
Every Thursday, See 17poets.com for featured readers followed by an open mic
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 
2:00 p.m.
Latter Library
5120 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Poetry Buffet
Gina Ferrara hosts as three or so poets read from their work each month. June 4 will be poets reading other poets.

The day is subject to change due to holidays and festivals.

Poetry Buffet will be on hiatus for the summer months of July and August and will return September 4, 2011.
EVERY THURSDAY 
3:20 p.m.
KRVS-88.7 FM
"From the Poet Laureate's Bookshelf"
You can receive the broadcast through your computer by going to KRVS.org