An initiative of Red Room Poetry, the inaugural national Poetry Month kicked off this week where you perhaps might least expect – on social media platforms.
While the medium has often been caught up in misplaced and outdated perceptions – fuelled by memories of learned ‘classics’ at school – Anne-Marie Te Whiu says we only need to recall 22-year old National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s delivery for the Inauguration of US President Joe Biden to recognise how vital poetry can be as a medium for our times.