Poetry is like a song, like a psalm, like a prayer. Poetry is different things to many people, and April being Poetry Month, The Latina Book Club is celebrating by featuring Latino poets all week long. We are happy to welcome poet, author and artist Manuel A. Meléndez , and honored that he has graciously shared a poem with us at the end of our chat. A CHAT WITH POET MANUEL A. MELENDEZ Q: We are celebrating poetry month so we'd like to know What poetry means to you? How and why do you love it so? Manny : A poem was the first thing I wrote as a young boy. And it all happened because I had a crush on this girl in school and I was too shy to speak to her, so I decided to write her a poem. Of course, she thought I was weird, but thanks to her she made discover the creative side in me. Then a few years later I came across a book, which I still have, titled “The Best Loved Poems of the American People. “...