Monday, April 21, 2014

Poetry in the Library

April is National Poetry Month. Here at Eager Free Public Library we have a lot of poetry "stuff", from books of poetry to poetry programs.

At April's meeting of the Young Writers group, the group created bookspine poems that - you guessed it - use titles on the edges of books for lines of poetry. Given the limited amount of time they had, their final products were pretty great!






Below is a list of just some of the poetry books you can find at our library. Here's a tip: don't feel like you have to sit and read any of these cover-to-cover; dip in and out and try reading a new poem every day for a week.

Poetry for Kids
The Poet’s Corner: the one and only poetry book for the whole family compiled and performed by James Lithgow (audiobook)
Noisy poems for a busy day by Robert Heidbreder, illustrated by Lori Joy Smith
Giggle Poetry is a fun website that’s chock-full of poems and poetry activities for kids and families to try together!

Poetry for Young Adults & Adults
Wisconsin History in Poetry edited by Henry C. Spear
The Cassell Book of English Poetry selected and introduced by James Reeves
The Variety of Poetry: an anthology collected by Edward A. Bloom, Charles H. Philbrick, and Elmer M. Blistein
Poetry out of Wisconsin edited by August Derleth

How to Write Poetry
The shape of poetry by Peter Meinke

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