Coloring Pages in Honor of Poetry Month

Whether you like to color inside the lines or out, take a break with some Poetry Month-themed coloring from our Digital Collections. Below each image is a link to a PDF version that you can download, print and color. We've also made some suggested poetry pairings to accompany the images. Enjoy!

NYPL Coloring Image_Ah Love
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Illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan, from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs. Find the original image in The New York Public Library Digital Collection.

Consider pairing it with the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald.

NYPL Coloring Image_Love Letter on a Carp
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A young woman reading a love letter while seated upon the back of a huge carp. Woodcut print by Harunobu Suzuki, 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs. Find the original image in The New York Public Library Digital Collection.

Enjoy with a love poem or ten from Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni.

NYPL Coloring Image_Calliope
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Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry. Origin of image unknown. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs. Find the original image in The New York Public Library Digital Collection.

A perfect pair with Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

NYPL Coloring Image_Nanihari
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The Eastern Journey of the Poet Narihira. Woodcut print by Tanaka Masanobu, 1770. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs. Find the original image in The New York Public Library Digital Collection.

Enjoy with a collection of Japanese poetry, perhaps One Hundred Poems from the Japanese or The River of Heaven: The Haiku of Bashō, Buson, Issa, and Shiki.

 

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