Mission


Verse of April is the digital anthology of homage to the poets and was established in 2015 in Paris, France. We believe that practicing the act of homage, to poets of today and yesterday, is a powerful life force in art-making and helps us reflect on the mystic or explicit influence certain writers have on our approach to thinking and seeing. Verse of April is a multi-media platform, ensuring that people from any kind of expression feel welcome to pay tribute to the poets. Through our annual publication, we hope to encourage and expand international exchange in poetry and to celebrate the diverse beauty of the art.

 

Verse of April is honored to be a space for artists to showcase their work of homage to the poets. We promise to uphold and inspire a loving, ethical, and intersectional community.

We proudly publish from Paris, France.   


Past Contributors


  • 2022 Voices of April, Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume II: sterling-elizabeth arcadia, Cassandra Atherton, Gabriella Brand, Laura J. Braverman, Satya Dash, Paul Hetherington, and Nupur Shah.

  • 2021 Voices of April, Hymn for the Living Poet, Volume I: Sarah Ghazal Ali, Sara Elkamel, S. Fey, Patrycja Humienik, Rodger Kamenetz, Bayan Kiwan, Alison Grace Koehler, Maya Lowy, Andrea Panzeca, Dia Roth, Kristin Sanders, Andy Young, and Nina Zivancevic.


  • 2019 Voices of April: Matthew W. Baker, Gabrielle Bates, Marie Borel, Tina Mozelle Braziel, Matt Broaddus, Jennifer K. Dick, Nik De Dominic, Maia Elgin, Claire Finch, Fanny Garin, Maël Guesdon, Sam Herschel & Chen Chen, Karima El Kharraze, Gabrielle Lawrence, Jessica Morey-Collins, Yelena Moskovich, Emily Orfinades, Marie de Quatrebarbes, Jessica Lee Richardson, Nathalie Rozanes, Jason Stoneking, and Patrick Williamson.


  • 2018 Voices of April: Nordette N. Adams, Élodie Béra, Laura Citino, Marissa Davis, Todd Dillard, Jochen Gerner, Nicole Goodwin, Jeremy Allan Hawkins, Christine Herzer, William Horberg, Jennifer Huang, Ashley M. Jones, Kathryn Julian, Alison Grace Koehler, Dorothy Lehane, Rachel Mindell, Bailey Morrison, Stephanie Papa, Lisa Pasold, M.E. Riley, Anna Serra, Olesya Shchukina, Bruce Edward Sherfield, Bianca Stone, Kelly Grace Thomas, and Nina Zivancevic.

 

  • 2017 Voices of April: Jamika Ajalon, Thomas Baas, Jennifer Jackson Berry, Fork Burke, Lauren Capone, Leela Chantrelle, Guy Choate, Malik Ameer Crumpler, Lala Drona, Godefroy Dronsart, Kyle Field, Jonathan Finlayson, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam, Yara Lapidus, J.S. Makkos, Robin Mcdowell, Kali Mcnutt, Ross Peter Nelson, Andrea Panzeca, Jody Pou, Kristin D. Sanders, Katie Thompson, Lindsay Turner, and Laurie A. Williams.

 

  • 2016 Voices of April: Déborah Aboab, Victor Brangoleau, Danny Caporaletti, Aran Donovan, Roy G. Guzmán, Jennifer Fields, Wren Hanks, Melanie Janisse, Kelly Jones, Daniel Morales, Kelly Morton, Thi Minh Trang Nguyen, Sara Paul, Cristina Isabel Bardales Postigo, Miguel Vallinas Prieto, Melissa Remark, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jean-Philippe Sarcos, Carole Stromboni, Debora Van der Vliet, Anna Williams, and Che Yeun.

 

  • 2015 Voices of April: Samantha Barendson, Nancy Beteta, Phyllis Cohen, Will Cox, Le Comptoir général, Erin Gendron, Perry Guevara, Kelly Jones, Emily Ruck Keene, J.P. Martinez, Svetlana Nedeljkov, Maël Primet, Cailey Rizzo, Kristina Robinson, Joe Ross, Lily Smith, María D. Valderrama, Erik Wennermark, and Chelsie Yount-André.

 

 

 

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