As we turn the lights out on our Extended weeks of Origin Stories, we’d like to thank our wonderful poets for their contributions and also thank our readers who followed along and gave such nice feedback. The following is a list of our poets and the day their Origin Story appeared. Catch up if you missed anybody, or take a ramble through the stories and poems again. See you next year for another special edition of National Poetry Month with Gyroscope Review.
Previous Origin Stories
April 1 – Wanda Praisner
April 2 – Howard Lieberman
April 3 – L. Shapley Bassen
April 4 – Sharon Scholl
April 5 – Stellasue Lee
April 6 – Jeanne DeLarm
April 7 – Virginia Smith
April 8 – Patricia Ware
April 9 – Mary Makofske
April 10 – Ann Wallace
April 11 – Jessica Purdy
April 12 – Lakshman Bulusu
April 13 – Kim Malinowski
April 14 – Anita Pulier
April 15 – Martha Bordwell
April 16 – Anastasia Walker
April 17 – Annette Sisson
April 18 – Shaheen Dil
April 19 – Claudia Reder
April 20 – Cathy Thwing
April 21 – Sarah Snyder
April 22 – Susan Barry-Schultz
April 23 – Laurie Kuntz
April 24 – Maryann Hurtt
April 25 – Yvonne Zipter
April 26 – Jess Parker
April 27th – Kelly Sargent
April 28th – Robbi Nester
April 29th – Laurie Rosen
April 30th – James Penha
May 1st – Oisin Breen
May 2nd – Jennifer Shomburg Kanke
May 3rd – Karen Paul Holmes
May 4th – Judy Kronenfeld
May 5th – Julie Weiss
May 6th – Nancy Botkin
May 7th – Jonathan Yungkans
May 8th – Gloria Parker
May 9th – Alfred Fournier
May 10th – Gloria Heffernan
May 11th – Carol Deering
May 12th – Alison Stone
May 13th – Annamaria Formichella
May 14th – Kenton K. Yee
May 15th – Joanne Durham
May 16th – Thomas A. Thomas
Previous NPM celebrations from Gyroscope Review
Let the Poet Speak! 2022
Promopalooza 2021
Poet of the Day 2020
Poets Read 2019
National Poetry Month Interview Series 2018
Book Links Party 2017