On Saturday, April 29, at 2 p.m., this multilingual event, innovative eau de source for the musical reinfusion of poetry here and abroad, culminates National Poetry Month with a 12th-session festival appearance at 268-seat Weill Hall in the Carnegie complex.

Features Galway Kinnell (Pulitzer Prize 1983) and James Ragan (The Hunger Wall) perform new work. Ten finalists compete for awards sponsored by independent booksellers and others. The original music program includes new settings of Yeats, Rilke, ValŽry plus work in a half-dozen languages, real and invented. Musically infused poetry: not cause, but cause for celebration.

Information on sponsorship and ad space: (212) 864-2823

Submission guidelines: 1-3 unpublished poems in English or major European language, 3-minute performance limit per poem. Send before March 15 by e-mail to philopholm@aol.com or snail mail (cassette optional) to LyR Festival at Box 1141 NYC 10025. Reading fee ($5 total) optional, payable to "philophonema".

Criteria: reach, craft, content and musicality.

Judge: Dana Gioia, author of Can Poetry Matter? (click to buy book)

Advance seats until March 1 ($18, $12), check or money order payable to "philophonema"; thereafter, on the basis of best available through Carnegie Charge (212) 247-7800 (surcharge applies).