April is National Poetry Month — a time to immerse yourself in the beauty and power of words.
Poetry enriches our lives by fostering creativity, personal expression, connection and contemplation. It invites us to explore the depths of our experiences, celebrate linguistic artistry and find enjoyment in the cleverness of written language.
Here at the Patrick Heath Public Library, we want to help you find your inner poet and share it with your community throughout April.
Blackout Poetry: I see a book page and I want it painted black
Did you think you’d ever see the day when a library ripped up books and asked you to color on the pages? Well ... it’s happening!
“Blackout poetry” is a fascinating and fun form of artistic expression in which you take a printed page and blackout words to create a new poem.
It is a chance to get crafty with words and create unique literary masterpieces with a starting point already written for you. Come by the library and grab a marker to let your creativity flow as you transform ordinary text into a poetic masterpiece.
Ransom Note Poetry: Don’t forget to wear gloves
Think you could commit the perfect poem? Test out your poetry skills with ransom note poetry. In this quirky activity, you will use cut-out letters and words from magazines or newspapers to create ransom note-style poems.
It’s a playful and engaging way to explore wordplay and create poems that are both intriguing and humorous with all the materials provided by the library. Get ready to unleash your inner poet and craft colorful messages that captivate and amuse.
Rewriting Poetry: Who wrote it better?
Rewriting poetry is a fun and thought-provoking exercise inspired by the game, Poetry for Neanderthals.
In this activity, poets start with a famous poem that already exists and rewrite it using only single-syllable words. For example: Should I say you are like a hot day in June or month that is next?
You are more nice to look at and mild.
(Can you guess which famous poem that is based on?)
Poet-tree: Money may not grow on trees, but poetry certainly does A poet-tree is much like it sounds, a tree made of poems, or more specifically, a tree with leaves and blossoms made of poems.
Whether it’s a haiku, a sonnet, a blackout poetry leaf, a ransom note poetry leaf, a rewritten poetry leaf, or a free verse masterpiece, the poet-tree is a living showcase of our community’s poetic diversity and imagination.
Come by the library and help our Poet-tree grow.
Leah Mayo is young adult services and outreach coordinator for the Patrick Heath Public Library.
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