{"id":22853,"date":"2023-04-01T00:11:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T07:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/?p=22853"},"modified":"2023-03-31T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:13:37","slug":"calling-all-troubadours-its-national-poetry-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/calling-all-troubadours-its-national-poetry-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Troubadours! It\u2019s National Poetry Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Embrace your love for poetry! You are all troubadours!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Troubadours share poetic stories through song. Most are in the position to accompany themselves musically.<\/p>\n

The original troubadours were chiefly poets, but the poems they wrote were most certainly presented as songs\u2014lyrical recitations with simple unison underscoring or without accompaniment at all. This was good High Medieval living (11th<\/sup> through 13th<\/sup> centuries) and could involve travel from the South of France through the North of Italy, to Spain and beyond.<\/p>\n

Are you intelligent, witty, quick-thinking, and musical? Do you enjoy excitement and travel? Become a troubadour! Poetry skills are the heaviest requirement. A good voice and additional instrumental skills are a plus! You\u2019ll be a welcome visitor in all cities, towns, and villages that interest you\u2026but your poetry skills must be top-notch. An amazing troubadour is not simply a singer, not merely a minstrel, nor just bordering on balladeer<\/em>. A true troubadour is primarily a poet (yes, who writes verse to music\u2026but the verse is your highest gift to share!)<\/p>\n

My unsolicited advice to readers this month is: concentrate on poetry. Complete your trek to becoming a true troubadour!<\/p>\n

April is National Poetry Month: Celebrate all month long and get some welcome poetic training from the Academy of American Poets, who founded National Poetry Month<\/strong>. Lots of advice for current troubadours\u2014directly from the Academy of American Poets\u2014is shown here. Complete your journey as a true troubadour by putting poetry first! This very month of April is the right time to devote extra training and study in poetry.<\/p>\n

What is National Poetry Month?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nNational Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers: students, K\u201312 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and, of course, poets, marking poetry\u2019s important place in our lives.<\/p>\n

Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets\u2019 integral role in our culture.<\/p>\n

Thanks in part to the National Poetry Month partners and sponsors<\/a>, each April\u00a0the Academy is able to offer\u00a0activities, initiatives, and resources\u00a0so that anyone can join the celebration:<\/p>\n