Welcome to TYCA's 2011 National Poetry Month Celebration. A new poem will be published each day. Please visit us often and enjoy the poetry of two-year college faculty from around the nation. Please also share this page with your colleagues to help us celebrate National Poetry Month and all the poets teaching and working in our nation's two-year colleges.

 

April 17

Robert L. Giron of Montgomery College-Takoma Park/Silver Spring in TYCA's Northeast region reads his poem "Tex-Mex Poetic Roundup."

April 16

Edwina Jordan of Illinois Central College in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "Location, Location, Location."

April 15

Rob Wallace of of West Virginia State University in TYCA's Southeast region reads his poem "Dogwood in Winter."

April 14

Mary Hammerbeck of Whatcom Community College in TYCA's Pacific Northwest region reads her poem "billy americana in exhausted lowlands missed the beat."

April 13

Kathryn Kysar of Anoka Ramsey Community College in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "Love Poem" with visuals by Jes Lee. Previously published in Pretend the World from Holy Cow! Press. 

April 12

Pam Whitfield of Rochester Community & Technical College in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "My Girlfriends."

April 11

 Janeil Page of Illinois Central College in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "On Loss."

April 10

Rich Russell of Atlantic Cape Community College In TYCA's Northeast region reads his poem "Teacher's Heart." 

April 9

Bethany Reid of Everett Community College in TYCA's Pacific Northwest region reads her poem "Emma Bovary at Poolside." 

April 8

 

Caroline Johnson of Moraine Valley Community College in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "Seasons of Love."

April 7

Sybil Priebe from North Dakota State College of Science in TYCA's Midwest region reads her poem "Toilets of Russia."

April 6

 

Lucia Cherciu of Dutchess Community College in TYCA's Northeast region reads her poem "It Took Three Days."

April 5

Meridith Leo-Rowett of  Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus in TYCA's Southeast region reads her poem "Beauty Bound-Up."

April 4

James LaBate  of Hudson Valley Community College of TYCA's Northeast region reads his poem "Three-Point Shooter." Final four Special!

April 3

Beatrice V. Catherino of Oakland Community College in TYCA's Pacific Coast/California region reads her poem "My Son's Cabin."

April 2

April 1

 

Jaime Wood of Clackamas and Mount Hood Community Colleges in TYCA's Pacific Northwest region reads her poem "Boys in English 101."  

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