If you own or work in an independent bookstore, how about organizing regular Poetry Pro-Am sessions at your store, perhaps as a drop-in summer activity?

It will:

• Bring more kids (and maybe their parents?) into your store
• Get them interested in a genre of books they might not ordinarily seek out
• Strengthen your role as not just another business, but a community resource

This is something Amazon can’t do for the kids in your city!