April is National Poetry Month! 

Have you had your poetry fix for the day?  Well look no further because each day during April we will be posting a poem to celebrate.

For more poetry resources check out the poetry section of our collection or go to the American Academy of Poets website.

Tomorrow (April 30th) is Put a Poem in your Pocket Day!  Visit this website for poems you can print off and carry with you to share with co-workers, family, friends, and anyone else you encounter tomorrow.  Watch this funny video for inspiration.

Today’s poem is
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
   Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
   Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
   The higher he’s a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
   And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
   When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
   Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,
   And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
   You may forever tarry.

Today’s poem is courtesy of poets.org, and falls within the public domain since it was published before 1923 and the author died more than 100 years ago.