Poem Cut-Ups – Teens will discover how to make poems from a variety of sources, including dictionaries, newspapers, rocks, the mind, & music. We’ll have fun exploring language & syntax through play, as well as cut & paste fragments from other poems.

The Ukiah Library will be hosting four events for Teens & Adults in April during National Poetry Month:

Poem Cut-Ups (teens), Wednesday, April 5^th 2-5pm

Poetry Magnets (teens), Wednesday, April 12^th 2-5 pm

Postcard Poems & Mail Art (teens), Wednesday, April 19^th 2-5pm

Into the Wild Poem (Adults & Teens): Saturday, April 29^th 11-12 pm

 National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives.

The goals of National Poetry Month are to:

• highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets
• encourage the reading of poems
• assist teachers in bringing poetry into their classrooms
• increase the attention paid to poetry by national and local media
• encourage increased publication and distribution of poetry books, and
• encourage support for poets and poetry.

All poetry events are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the Ukiah Valley Library.