Poetry
The Tortured Poets Department Inspired Poetry Packs for National Poetry Month and Album Release (April 19)
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen outlines a poetry themed album release party for Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department
In and Out the Window, An Interview with Author Jane Yolen
Author Jane Yolen visits TLT to talk about her newest book, a collection of poetry titled IN AND OUT THE WINDOW
Morgan’s Mumbles: A Poetry Perspective, by teen contributor Morgan Randall
Teen contributor shares some of the poetry that moves and inspires her and reminds us all that poetry can stir the soul.
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MakerSpace: April National Poetry Month Activities
In the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH), we’re getting ready for National Poetry Month (April). We have a variety of activities that we will be hosting all month long in our makerspace using our materials to get teens thinking about and creating poetry. Some of our ideas […]
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TPiB: MakerSpace Poetry
I love poetry. In fact, I still have all my old high school notebooks full of my very bad angst filled poetry. Occasionally, I still even add a new poem. And since April is National Poetry Month, I wanted to find a way to combine some poetry activities with the new MakerSpace at The Public […]
Take 5: 5 Books Coming Soon That YOU MUST READ
So I read, a lot. Sometimes 3 to 5 books a week. These are some books that I have read recently that I think are so spectacularly good that everyone should read them. Yes, that means you. Some of these you have heard me mention frequently on Twitter. Others, I have been holding my bubbling […]
MG Book Review: Outside the Box: A Book of Poems by Karma Wilson
When you think outside the box . . . Poems about Pigasus appear!Not to mentionHoraceoptamus,Gargantauns,and all sorts ofmonkey business. You can snack on Greekwiches,build a pet robot, thendance with the Boogie Man. Fly the largest kite,sleight down thesteepest hill, and findall those aliensunder your bed! Anything can happenoutside the box. Now won’t you joinus for […]
Instagram Book Spine Poetry Mini Contest with The Library as Incubator Project
April is epically awesome for many things, but one of my favorites is the fact that it is National Poetry Month. I have journals full of my probably horrific and definitely embarrassing poems that I began writing in the early teen years but continue to write today. But there is a quick, easy and – […]
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