Don't Forget.....!

April is
National Poetry Month!

Come to the library today and check out our William W. McTyeire, Jr. poetry collection!

On the Shelf Poetry Cheat Sheet

811 - American

821 - British

831 - German

841 - French

851 - Italian

861 - Spanish/Latin American

871 - Latin

881 - Greek/Roman

891 - Russian

Other poetry events of note include (via USAToday):

• The Poem I Turn To, edited by Jason Shinder (Sourcebooks, $24.95), is a collection of poems that have inspired 43 actors and directors. Among the selections: Kenneth Koch's To You (Mary-Louise Parker), Meghan O'Rourke's Inventing a Horse (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Shel Silverstein's Thumbs (Kyra Sedgwick.)
• The Academy of American Poets is sponsoring two projects: the first national Poem in Your Pocket Day, scheduled for April 17, and the first mobile poetry site, an archive of 2,500 poems accessible by most mobile devices. (Talk about poetry in motion.) Details: poets.org.
• PBS is airing an American Experience biography of Walt Whitman on April 14 (check local listings) and launching a website April 1, Poetry Everywhere, which includes short films of readings by Robert Frost, Poet Laureate Charles Simic and an animated version of Emily Dickinson's I Started Early, read by Blair Brown.
• HBO, with help from the Poetry Foundation, is showing Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show for families and kids. Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning's How Do I Love Thee? and Susan Sarandon reading Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, it premieres April 12 at 6 p.m. ET/PT. Details: poetryfoundation.org.
• 100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits, edited by Leslie Pockell with Celia Johnson (Grand Central paperback, $12.99), is touted as a cheaper and longer-lasting alternative to alcohol or drugs for those with the blues.

Happy Reading (and viewing)!

htw