Verse of April

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Digital Anthology of Homage to the Poets. We proudly publish from Paris, France. Now accepting submissions for Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V. www.verseofapril.com

Excerpt from Nikki Ummel's homage to Diane Seuss in Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V, out last April (2025).
Quotation from Isabella Streffen's homage to Ryan Ruby's Context Collapse, published in Verse of April's Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V.
Lénaïg Cariou reading on April 18, 2026 with Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series
Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series hosts Mia You on March 14, 2026, at Rerenga Wines
An excerpt from Jason Stoneking's handwritten portrait of Richard Dailey for Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume V.
Submissions Open for Translations of Living Poets' Work - Verse of April
Verse of April Submissions Open for Poets-on-Poets Interviews and Poets-on-Poets Essays.
Mnemosynes: A Paris Poetry Series description.
On November 29, 2025, we are pleased to welcome poet, essayist, and professor Biswamit Dwibedy to Mnemosynes. Please join us from 14-16h at Rerenga Wines (3 rue de la Fidélité) for a reading and discussion of his newly released collection ERODE, out this year from Litmus Press.
Excerpt from nat raum's homage poem to Bleah Patterson
Mnemosynes hosts American poet Catherine Barnett on June 28th from 14-16h at Rerenga Wines in Paris' 10th arrondissement.
Ethics & Aesthetics of Poetic Homage, a roundtable discussion & reading featuring Lénaïg Cariou, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Alison Grace Koehler, Kristin Sanders, and Jason Stoneking.