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National Poetry Month Selections

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April is National Poetry Month. We hope you enjoy the following selections. More information about these poets and others available online https://poets.org.

Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon -1886-1967

Swell by Hoa Nguyen – 1967-

On Finding A Bird’s Bones In the Woods by Lisel Mueller

The Meteorite by Randall Jarrell

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

Dream Variations by Langston Hughes

When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Rios

Why I am Happy by William Stafford 

Stone by Charles Simic

April is a Dog’s Dream by Marylin Singer

The Cat and the Sea by Ronald Stuart Thomas

The Sandhills by Linda Hogan

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

Earth Day by Jane Yolen

19 by Han-Shan

Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton

What Matters Most by Adam Clay

Singularity by Marie How (After Stephen Hawking)

Ode to Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt by Ross Gay

I Started Early by Emily Dickinson

Nest by Marianne Boruch

 

Craving more poetry? More people are turning to poetry at this moment, because poetry can help bring solace, comfort, resilience, and connection. VoTL is holding a virtual Poetry in Conversation Zoom gathering on April 29. Please email s.austin@valleyofthetetonslibrary.org to request an invitation. We hope you will join us!

April 29 Theme LGBTQ+
Audience: 16 years and up
http://valleyofthetetonslibrary.org/poetry-in-conversation/

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