HR 110 — A Resolution recognizing the month of April 2025 as "National Poetry Month" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   914

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 110
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, VENKAT, SAMUELSON,
        MADDEN, WAXMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON, BRENNAN, HOWARD,
        SANCHEZ, KAZEEM, MERSKI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, D. WILLIAMS, BELLMON
        AND RIVERA, MARCH 11, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 11, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Recognizing the month of April 2025 as "National Poetry Month"
 2      in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, The Academy of American Poets established its
 4   observance of "National Poetry Month" in 1996; and
 5      WHEREAS, As led by the Academy of American Poets, "National
 6   Poetry Month" has become the largest literary celebration in the
 7   world; and
 8      WHEREAS, "National Poetry Month" highlights the extraordinary
 9   legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets; and
10      WHEREAS, "National Poetry Month" introduces Americans to the
11   pleasures and benefits of reading poetry; and
12      WHEREAS, "National Poetry Month" reinforces the importance of
13   poetry in children's learning and assists teachers in bringing
14   poetry into their classrooms; and
15      WHEREAS, Poetry has generated some of our nation's leading
16   creative artists; and
17      WHEREAS, Poetry has inspired other artists in fields spanning
 1   music, theater, film, dance and the visual arts; and
 2      WHEREAS, In 2024, an event known as "Poetry Out Loud"
 3   included more than 3,000 high school students who participated
 4   in the competition in 73 schools across this Commonwealth; and
 5      WHEREAS, Numerous communities throughout this Commonwealth
 6   celebrate their local poets by appointing them as poet laureate
 7   of their community; and
 8      WHEREAS, Language arts, including poetry, integrate the
 9   creative arts and humanities and reflect the present and
10   historic educational, economic and social fabric of our
11   communities; therefore be it
12      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
13   month of April 2025 as "National Poetry Month" in Pennsylvania.




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