I’m a few days late getting to this, but April is National Poetry Month, and the Internet is celebrating.

All sorts of publishers, newspapers and blogs are posting poems and videos of poetry readings online in observance of National Poetry Month.

Poets.org, the Web site for the Academy of American Poets, however, is going all out. The Web site is sponsoring a Poem-in-Your-Pocket Day, a poetry caption contest and an email poem-of-the-day message each day of April. More info on these and other activities can be found here.

Check back with the UNP blog throughout April for more poetry posts.

The University of Nebraska Press made the Lincoln Journal Star earlier this week, when city hall reporter Deena Winter mentioned that Councilwoman Robin Eschliman is reading Mayor Helen Boosalis: My Mother’s Life in Politics by Beth Boosalis Davis.

Winter writes “Eschliman found it interesting how Boosalis dealt with tight budgets during the economic crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s by encouraging Lincolnites to volunteer to do everything from plant trees to clean bus shelters.” 

Boosalis’ call to action was successful, and that the volunteer spirit lived on in Lincoln for many years. In these times of budget shortfalls and every growing needs, will Lincoln’s leaders look to Boosalis’ example? It seems that maybe they already are. For the full story, click here.

That’s it for this week. Have a great weekend!