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National Poetry Month: Book #Shelfies
2025-04-10 15:00:00 2025-04-10 16:00:00 America/New_York National Poetry Month: Book #Shelfies April is National Poetry Month. Channel your inner poet-laureate while using book titles as your muse! You will create a visual, 3D poem made from your selection of books from the library, stacked in order to share your verses. Then, we’ll welcome you to perform your poem(s) to celebrate your love for poetry. You can also bring pre-written poems to perform! Spauldings - Large Meeting Room

Thursday, April 10
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-10 15:00:00 2025-04-10 16:00:00 America/New_York National Poetry Month: Book #Shelfies April is National Poetry Month. Channel your inner poet-laureate while using book titles as your muse! You will create a visual, 3D poem made from your selection of books from the library, stacked in order to share your verses. Then, we’ll welcome you to perform your poem(s) to celebrate your love for poetry. You can also bring pre-written poems to perform! Spauldings - Large Meeting Room

Spauldings

Large Meeting Room

April is National Poetry Month. Channel your inner poet-laureate while using book titles as your muse! You will create a visual, 3D poem made from your selection of books from the library, stacked in order to share your verses. Then, we’ll welcome you to perform your poem(s) to celebrate your love for poetry. You can also bring pre-written poems to perform!

AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry and Spoken Word | Performing Arts |

TAGS: | Poetry Month |

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