April is Ppoetryoetry Month! Along with a series of events to celebrate and indulge in the genre, the Library will place baskets of poems around town to inspire a serendipitous poetic experience. Check out our poetry display or check out one of staff favorites below.

 

 

“Any poem, or all of the poems from “When We Were Very Young” by A. A. Milne – my all time absolute favorite!” ~Candy Emlen

“Pablo Neruda has been my favorite poet since I lived in Chile in the early 1990’s. His poems are gorgeous be they about love, the ocean or politics and to be able to read them in his native Spanish is even better!” ~Lisa Murray

The Death of the Hat A brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects is the anthology selected by Paul Janeczko and illustrated by Chris Raschka that we have given to all the 5th and6th graders at Pemetic. My all time favorite poem is included in the book. Things by Eloise Greenfield.
My favorite  poetry picture book is Red Sings From Treetops by Joyce Sidman illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski. It’s a terrific and unusual celebration of color and seasons. ~Susan Plimpton