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Entries Tagged as 'poetry'
April is National Poetry Month
April 2nd, 2019 · Comments Off on April is National Poetry Month · Books, City Library, Events, Main Branch, Teens, Trustees, Uncategorized, West Branch
Tags: manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·National Poetry Month·new hampshire·poetry
Dear Poet
April 26th, 2018 · Comments Off on Dear Poet · Books, City Library, Main Branch, West Branch
April is National Poetry Month. For inspiration please check out the poetry display by the elevator on the main floor.
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Do you have a favorite poet?
April 19th, 2016 · Comments Off on Do you have a favorite poet? · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Main Branch, News, Teens, Trustees
Do you have a favorite poet?
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Do You Haiku?
May 8th, 2015 · Comments Off on Do You Haiku? · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Books, Children, City Library, Events, Foundation, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Grades K-2, News, NH Room, Teens, Trustees
I dream of haiku — comments left for me by you — dusk is approaching
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Wordsmith Maxine Kumin
February 7th, 2014 · Comments Off on Wordsmith Maxine Kumin · Books, City Library, Local Author Series, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room, West Branch
A favorite poem about Winter by the late poet Maxine Kumin,
Tags: Manchester City Library·Maxine Kumin·N.H.·N.H. poets·poetry·poets·Still to Mow
An Ode to the Haggis
January 21st, 2014 · Comments Off on An Ode to the Haggis · Books, City Library, Events, Foundation, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Local History, Main Branch, News, NH Room, Teens, Trustees, West Branch
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose.
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TEEN POETRY SLAM: SLAMMIN’ @ YOUR LIBRARY
April 17th, 2012 · Comments Off on TEEN POETRY SLAM: SLAMMIN’ @ YOUR LIBRARY · Books, City Library, Events, Grades 6-12, Main Branch, Teens
Any teens out there who want to share the art of the spoken word?
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For Librarians
April 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Main Branch, Teens, West Branch
For the librarian knows books are easily burned,
Recycled, or digitized, reduced to oxygen, carbon,
Silicon, and such basic elements as hate…
Tags: Books·Hans Ostron·librarians·libraries·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·National Poetry Month·new hampshire·poetry·poets
O Captain, My Captain!
April 19th, 2011 · Comments Off on O Captain, My Captain! · Books, City Library, Main Branch, NH Room, Teens, West Branch
April is National Poetry Month.
Tags: April·Charles Simic·Dead Poets Society·Donald Hall·Maxine Kumin·National Poetry Month·poems·poet laureates·poetry·poets·reading·Robert Frost·Robin Williams·Walt Whitman
Summer Stars
August 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on Summer Stars · Books, City Library
The Perseid meteor shower has been observed by mankind for almost two thousand years.
Tags: astronomy·Carl Sandburg·meteor showers·Perseids·poetry·Swift-Tuttle comet
