Started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is celebrated every April in the United States. April was chosen presumably because the month is mentioned in major works by both Geoffrey Chaucer and T.S. Eliot.
Chaucer opens his Canterbury Tales with the following lines
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
Which translates to:
When April with his showers sweet with fruit
The drought of March has pierced unto the root
This proclamation of the sweetness of April was later rejected by T.S. Eliot, who wrote in "The Waste Land"
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
So whether you think it is beautiful or cruel, celebrate April with us, won't you, with a poetry ebook?