April marks the 14th anniversary of National Poetry Month. To help celebrate, budding Emily Dickinsons and Edgar Allan Poes are encouraged to participate in the 3rd annual “Paws for Poetry” Contest to write sonnets to spaniels, prose for Persian cats and odes for every pet in between.

To enter, children ages 5-12 are to write a poem to, and provide a photo of, their favorite animal friend. The contest is co-sponsored by kids’ virtual field trip Web site “Meet Me at the Corner,” which can be found at www.MeetMeAtTheCorner.org. and by Flashlight Press, found at www.FlashlightPress.co...