While readers from around the world are voting for the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere I'd like for you to read this submission by Atlanta Georgia's, Eve Hall.

Poet Nikki Giovanni will be this year's PoetryGSO headliner on Sunday April 27th with doors opening at 2:00 PM and the show starting at 2:15 as the Poetic Insurgents, Moving Words and the Bennett Belles Spoken Word Troupe open the show.

Also during Sunday’s program, 14 students from public and private schools will be recognized as the winners of the High School Poet Laureate contest.

Admission is free.

Sho'nuff' another celebration of National Poetry Month has been added to my list of Online National Poetry Month Projects.

Looking for lost words? Maybe they're in the refrigerator at RePoWriMo! Watch out for the fuzzy green stuff.

And don't forget to nominate your favorite poetry blogger to become the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere.

Here's 3 new ways you can build that audience of poetry lovers and perhaps sell a few books.

Post a few poems or articles to Discovery Place making sure you leave links to your blog or website so that others may find you. Team Blogsboro scouts Discovery Place and moves some of the submissions there to the other Blogsboro Network sites.

Allen of World Class Poetry has more great tips here and here.

These tips and more can be found at 10 Steps Plus Resources To Advertise Your Poetry.

From a research paper by Tatu Henttonen of the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland.

"Blogs have proved to be a useful means of expression for poets. While poetry is experiencing a boom in Finland, the mass media concentrates on commercial authors and leaves little room for marginal movements. To counter this problem of visibility, blogs, along with other websites, offer a publicity niche for any style of poetry and writing. The audience for blogs is still relatively small compared to that of the traditional media, but the easy accessibility and reader potential mean that blogging will most likely continue and expand. It is worth noting that a large amount of information on Finnish poetry already lies only in the textual material of blogs, within easy reach of every Internet user. Thus blogs have become essential reading for everyone with a wide interest in poetry." Read the entire report.

And if by chance you're looking to begin blogging then I highly recommend Squarespace as Squarespace has some built in protections for your copyrights you simply have to switch on.

It's not every day when 70 million people take to watching poetry on TV. Perhaps it's time America's main stream media awakened?

Blogsboro Poetry Club members now have the chance to spread the word of the Blogsboro Poetry Club simply by adding the Poetry Club Application to their list of affiliations so that others who happen to visit their facebook pages can see they've added Poetry Club affiliation to their Facebook profiles. And remember: the more widespread the news of Blogsboro Poetry Club the more popular the poetry of every member becomes.

See, I told you poets are taking over the Blogosphere. As a matter of fact, I'm leading the conspiracy. Viva Revolution!

Admittedly, winning the 4th annual Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere probably won't make you a household name and unless some sponsors sign on at the last minute you won't become any richer either.

That said, nominations for the 2008 Poet Laureate of The Blogosphere are set to begin on April 1st and will end on April 20th. On April 21st voters can begin casting their ballots until the polls close at Midnight on April 29th. On April 30th the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere will be announced.

Follow the link to find the rules for the 2008 Poet Laureate of the Blogisphere.

Over at Poets Who Blog, Sarah is getting ready for Natonal Poetry Month with her  National Poetry Month Project while over at BloggingPoet.com I'm hosting the 4th annual Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere election.

Got something going on for National Poetry Month? Send the link to idleblogs (AT) yahoo.com with the words, "National Poetry Month" in the subject line and I'll try to give it a plug.

Yeah, my poetry is there too but just ignore that and take a look at the growing list of poets whose works can be found via the Blogsboro Poetry Club.

There's also a customizable widget that anyyyone can add to your Google homepage, Facebook, Yuwie, your blog or any place that accepts widgets so that great poetry by great poets can always be as close as your laptop or pc. Already over 35 people have installed the widget..

Blogsboro Poetry Club members come from all over the world and membership is free and easy, simply send an e-mail to idleblogs (AT) yahoo.com with a link to your poetry blog and the words, "Blogsboro Poetry Club" in the subject line and I'll get you set up. Then, whenever you post a poem or poetry related article to your blog you can excerpt that post to the Blogsboro Poetry Club along with the hyperlink back to your blog. You see, we don't want your entire poem or story but just a part of it.