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National Poetry Month San Antonio (NPMSA)

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Launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month takes place each April. It is one of the largest literary celebrations in the world. The City of San Antonio joined National Poetry Month in 2009 to raise awareness about the importance of poetry. Many talented poets call San Antonio home; poetry is an integral part of our city's culture. Annual celebrations include:

  • readings
  • workshops
  • performances
  • discussions

Ways To Celebrate

New Books

If you have a book of poetry published in or to be published in 2024 - 2025, please email Jim LaVilla-Havelin at LavHav@gmail.com.

Consider donating a copy of your new book to the Poetry Archive at Palo Alto College.

Poetry

Alaniz, Jenn Yanez
"Surrogate Eater"
Publisher: Alabrava Press
Barker, Wendy
"These Roads, These Moons" (translated into Spanish by Matthew Tavares)
Publisher: Alabrava Press
Cooper, Vincent
"Infidelis"
Publisher: Mouthfeel Press
Dennis, James R.
"Songs of Seven Days"
Publisher: New Beginnings, an imprint of Material Media
Estrada, Gwen
"Passage of Evolution"
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Flores, Anel
"Cortinas De Lluvia"
Publisher: Jaded Ibis Press
Fuller, J. Bruce
"How To Drown a Boy"
Publisher: LSU Press
Lee, Catherine
"Mentor Wonders One Act Play and Poems"
Publisher: Cheshire Cat Composition
Lyons, Bonnie
"Miriam Talks Back"
Publisher: Material Media
Martinez, C.L. Rooster
"Mexican Dinosaur"
Publisher: Write About Now Publishing
Musgrove, Laurence
"A Stranger's Heart"
Publisher: Lamar University Literary Press
Payne, Lindsey
"Different Shores: Love Poems From the Sea"
Publisher: Libresco Feeds Private Limited
Phelps, D. Ellis
"Of Failure and Faith"
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Robbins, Josh
"Eschatology in Crayon Wax"
Publisher: Texas Review Press
Quintanilla, Octavio
"The Book of Wounded Sparrows"
Publisher: Texas Review Press
Reyes-Boitel, Jo
"The Matchstick Litanies"
Publisher: Next Page Press
Rodriguez, Rod Carlos
"Cantos, Incandescent"
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Silva, Ire'ne Lara
"The Eaters of Flowers
Publisher: Saddle Road Press
Tenner, Joan
"The Humbler Poet Books"
Publisher: Windsor House Press
Vega, Eddie
"Somos Nopales"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Walthour, Lauren
"Patterns of Saturn: A Mid-Cycle Memoir"
Publisher: Litho Press

Anthologies

Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jo Reyes-Boitel, Angelina Saenz, Jen Yaniz-Alaniz and Carmen Calatayud (Poets)
"There Is So Much I Want To Tell You: A Corazon Collective"
Publisher: Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Browne, Jenny (Editor)
"Texas, Being: A State of Poems"
Publisher: Maverick Books, Trinity University Press
LaVilla-Havelin, Jim (Editor)
"If I Was a Bird: Poems from Krier"
Publisher: Gemini Ink
Nye, Naomi Shihab (Editor)
"Grace Notes: Poems About Families"
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Vega, Eddie (Editor)
"Asina Is How We Talk"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press

Other

Bayes, Rohn
"The Ancient Book of Magic Secrets"
Publisher: Spring Water Press
Clack, Cary
"More Finish Lines to Cross"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Frost, Susan Toomey
"Witness to War: Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Heard, Georgia (Foreword by Naomi Shihab Nye)
"Awakening the Heart, Second Edition: Teaching Poetry K-8"
Publisher: Heinemann
Platt, Kamala
"Environmental Justice Poetics"
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Rendon, Al
"Mi Cultura - Bringing Shadow into Light: The Photography of Al Rendon"
Publisher: Witte Museum, Distributed by: Trinity University Press
Tafolla, Carmen
"Warrior Girl (A Novel in Verse)"
Publisher: Penguin-Random House
Tejeda, Juan
"Mi Carnal Frank"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Tolan, Denise
"Italian Blood Memoir"
Publisher: CavanKerry Press

Additional Resources