tells me that there are ways to dramatically expand the visibility of what we all do. Not necessary 1000x week in and week out, but something. So my challenge is to think about what you can do RIGHT NOW to help "non-poetry people" find and discover poetry. A note, an invitation to interact, a phone call, a full-page ad in NYT/WSJ, whatever. Here is a thought....put a poetry friday link at the bottom of all our personal emails saying: "check this out" you might really like it. I mention it at my talks now and pass out my blog lists. Google makes finding it very easy even if you lose the handout from the speaker. Send it on to the teachers in your kids' schools and ask them to pass it on to others including parents. Can you imagine sitting down to breakfast with Amy LV's poem of the day or Renee's latest video or blog entry or Laura Purdie Sala's various entries. Not trying to leave anyone out here...but I don't want to run on, so parents might be another avenue to gain readership. At a recent conference I told the teachers as well as a NY State Ed Dept. leader who came to my session on my poetry work (Digging Deeper: Engaged Literacy, Poetry and the Common Core)about the wonderful poetry for kids/YA blogosphere and highlighted a lot individual sites. I suggested that they take 5 min. a day to check out one or two blogs, in hopes