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Poem in Your Pocket Day

The Academy of American Poets identifies Poem in Your Pocket Day on 30 April 2026 as part of National Poetry Month.

Date / rule30 April 2026
ScopeUnited States and participating communities; Academy of American Poets National Poetry Month program
VerificationArts Nonprofit Organizer Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

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Authority summary

What is Poem in Your Pocket Day?

The Academy of American Poets identifies Poem in Your Pocket Day on 30 April 2026 as part of National Poetry Month.

Date and recurrence

30 April 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States and participating communities; Academy of American Poets National Poetry Month program. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle →
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What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. Academy of American Poets — Poem in Your Pocket DayArts Nonprofit Organizer
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Poem in Your Pocket Day?

30 April 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 30 April 2026.

Does Poem in Your Pocket Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Poem in Your Pocket Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States and participating communities; Academy of American Poets National Poetry Month program. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Poem in Your Pocket Day?

The stored designation basis is: The Academy of American Poets identifies Poem in Your Pocket Day on 30 April 2026 as part of National Poetry Month.. Supporting provenance includes Academy of American Poets — Poem in Your Pocket Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Poem in Your Pocket Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: United States and participating communities; Academy of American Poets National Poetry Month program. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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