Louisiana Poet Laureate Julie Kane aligns her life with poetry (video)

State Laureate of Louisiana, Julie Kane

April is gone and with it National Poetry Month. For some, that thirty days of appreciation of the ancient art may be the only time they think about poets and verse or consider how much poetry adds to our lives. Sadly, too, for others, the only time they will hear a poem outside of school may be when someone dies or moves on in some other way.

Louisiana's State Poet Laureate, Julie Kane, said in an interview with me earlier this year that people reach for poetry when they seek . . . Continue reading at BlogHer.com.