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National Poetry Month 2025: Tributaries

This National Poetry Month on All Lit Up, Tributaries brings together 23 poets in a month-long celebration of verse, connection, and inspiration.

Each day, a featured poet will share their own work alongside a recommendation—highlighting the words that have shaped them, challenged them, or deepened their love for the form. Like the many streams that feed a river, these voices converge in a space of discovery, inviting you to explore the poetry that moves us.

Whether you’re a lifelong reader of poetry or just beginning to wade in, Tributaries offers a place to listen, reflect, and celebrate the power of language. Join us as we follow these currents, one poem at a time.

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All of our NPM featured collections are 15% off this month with promo code TRIBUTARIES

Our upcoming features include:


April 1: Kyo Lee + i cut my tongue on a broken country (Arsenal Pulp Press) | feature

April 1: Smokii Sumac + Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine (Fernwood Publishing) | feature

April 2: Stan Rogal + More Songs the Radio Won’t Play (ECW Press) | feature

April 3: Carol Krause + A Bouquet of Glass (Guernica Editions) | feature

April 4: Farzana Doctor + You Still Look the Same (Freehand Books) | feature

April 7: D.A. Lockhart + Commonwealth (Kegedonce Press) | feature

April 8: Christine Wu + Familial Hungers (Brick Books) | feature

April 9: Holly Flauto + Permission to Settle (Anvil Press) | feature

April 10: Ben Robinson + As Is (ARP Books) | feature

April 11: Jessica Bebenek + No One Knows Us There (Book*hug Press) | feature

April 14: Matthew Gwathmey + Family Band (Gordon Hill Press) | feature

April 15: Barbara Tran + Precented Parroting (Palimpsest Press) | feature

April 16: patti sinclair + The Late Season (At Bay Press) | feature

April 17: Scott Nolan + Man on a Wheel: A Tribute to Patrick O’Connell (Signature Editions) | feature

April 17: stephanie roberts + UNMET (Biblioasis) | feature

April 21: Tawahum Bige + Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells: Part 1 (Nightwood Editions) | feature

April 22: Paul Moorehead + Green (Breakwater Books) | feature

April 23: Natasha Ramoutar + Baby Cerberus (Wolsak & Wynn) | feature

April 24: Lloyd Ratzlaff + Walking Upstream (Thistledown Press) | feature

April 25: Norah Bowman + My Eyes Are Fuses (Caitlin Press) | feature

April 28: Kim Fahner + The Pollination Field (Turnstone Press) | feature

April 29: Thomas Leduc + Palpitations (Latitude 46 Publishing) | feature

April 30: Adam Haiun + I Am Looking for You in the No-Place Grid (Coach House Books) | feature

Check out our Poetry Shop to discover even more poetry and enjoy free shipping Canada-wide.

Happy National Poetry Month! Tag us on socials @alllitupcanada and let us know what poetry you’re reading this month.

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