Poetry Night is for adults and teens who enjoy reading and or writing poetry. Come and share your opinions and favorite poems every third Tuesday night from 6:00 to 6:50 in the Library's Community Meeting Room.

 5th Annual Parade of Poetry Contest Winners:
 Briana Monrose
Dylan Needham
Molly Needham

The theme this year was Trains.

We are looking for more Poetry Links and we will feature a Poem of the Month which will be taken from a published poetry collection featured in our library.

Please feel free to submit your suggestions, poetry or poetry links, in plain text, for submission to :  librarydirector@sbcglobal.net or Poetry Place c/o Alvarado Public Library, 210 N. Baugh St. Alvarado, TX 76009

Leanne the Librarianne
 

There once was a librarian named Leanne, Most certainly Alvarado's GREATEST book fan.
She begged and borrowed to give the books a new home, An act which genuinely inspired this poem.

 Always cheerful and ready to lend the patrons a hand, Come visit her story time, it's the best in the land.

The programs are fun for the kids of the town, During the summer she even gets them a clown.

 With the latest books on the shelves, music and movies, too, The grownups are awed and amazed at all that is new. 

They also have groups and clubs that meet, To share their opinions, or just discuss the heat.

 Without a doubt, a great place to be, It's at 210 North Baugh, come on in and see.

 If while you are visiting, you get a chance, Please take the time and say... "Thanks"

 To Leanne, the librarianne!

By Meg Barrow



(Past Parade of Poetry Contest winner)
 

Carving a Diamond

 He tries to carve

Carve a diamond out of her

She wishes he could stop

He doesn’t see what a star she could be

In her house she’s alone

Cries in the corner while he takes the throne

He laughs and calls her names that bring her shame

She wishes all of this could go away

He tries to carve a diamond our of her

But she is no diamond she is a

Ruby

By

Dianna Murillo

      Plum blossoms, pink and white,
Your perfume sweet a halo casts
     Around the moon to-night.
                                  BUSON

From: Haiku Seasons of Japanese Poetry -edited by Johanna Brownell

 


  Arts - Literature - Poetry - Poetry in Translation - ... Italian poetry of the second half of the 20th Century in English translation. Translated by Daniela Goiseffi.

 British Poetry  Electronic library offers scholarly editions of poetry produced between 1780 and 1910, including works by Thomas Hardy and Tennyson. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html

  CMU Poetry Index of Canonical Verse Carnegie Mellon University offers up a large collection of poems by well-known writers. Also includes essays and links to related sites. http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/poetry

  Electronic Poetry Center  Contains indexes to sites for poets, magazines, events and performances. With online libraries and author directories.  http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc

 Jean-Michel Maulpoix and Co, French Poetry Today  French Poetry, the autobiography of a thirst. Interviews about French poetry. Questions about poetry. http://www.maulpoix.net/indexa.html

 LibrarySpot.com Poetry links.  http://www.libraryspot.com/poetry.htm

 Poetry.Com Organization encouraging contemporary poets sponsored by the National Library of Poetry. Awards 250 total prizes to new and unpublished poets.  http://www.poetry.com/

  Poetry - A Click and Drag Diversion   Click-and-drag web version of those Magnetic Poetry kits. http://www.prominence.com/java/poetry

 Poetry and Music of the War Between the States  Compare songs and poetry from the Confederacy and the Union. Includes a history of the famous bugle call Taps. http://www.erols.com/kfraser

 Poetry Archives at eMule.com  Wax poetic at the sight of this extensive archive of classical poetry of over 100 poets. Read a random poem, or search for a specific piece.  http://www.emule.com/poetry

 Poetry Daily Offers a daily poem along with biographical information about the poet. Includes a collection of previous days' poems, bookstore, and news. http://www.poems.com/ 

 Representative Poetry Online  Search this database of over 2,000 English poems by about 310 poets from the early medieval period to the beginning of the 20th century.  http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html

 A Sampling of French Surrealist Poetry by Desnos, Eluard, Reverdy and Soupault in English translation by Amy Levin and Johannes Beilharz.  http://www.alb-neckar-schwarzwald.de/surrealism/surrealism.html

 Spanish poetry All pages in English unless stated otherwise http://www.kaapeli.fi/~nihil/babel/spain.htm

Twentieth-century Poetry in English This is a metapage comprising Internet resources on the twentieth-century poetry in English, which may contain glimpses of truth in whatever form. http://www.lit.kobe-u.ac.jp/~hishika/20c_poet.htm

 

 Williamsholler, Where Love and Romance always lives ... http://www.williamsholler.com/main/

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