Celebration of Poetry

The Library's 5th Annual Poetry Contest will be wrapping up with an Evening of Poetry tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 15th at 6:30pm in the Lecture Hall. All students who participated in the contest are invited to read their poetry at this event, but this will be purely voluntary. The general public is encouraged to come and enjoy the readings. Prizes will be distributed in six different grade categories: K-2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, and 11 & 12. Refreshments will be served.

The following poem was the winning entry in the K-2 category. You will see why we are partial to the poet's subject.

The Library
by Joseph Thompson

Tunnel of imagination
Has to be quiet
Elaborate quietly

Live another life
Isn’t so cool to be yelling
Books, Books, Books, Dictionaries, and more books
Rare tenderness kids peace
A dictionary is not enough
Roll to the adventures
You are the mastermind