Poetry

For National Poetry Month visit our Poet-Tree, nestled on the east wall of the main level behind YA, and add a poem of your own! This year's poet-tree was devised…

April is poetry month and to celebrate we're having a good old-fashioned salon! Our evening starts with a couple featured poets including Roman Strayer-Benton, Shelburne's serving Junior Poet Laureate. What follows is an open mic. Bring some material you'd like to share and take the stage!

As we wrap up National Poetry Month, join us for a special celebration to recognize the work of Vermont poets, past and present. You can choose to sit back and listen, or even better, you can choose to participate, sharing a brief biography and 2-3 poems from your favorite Vermont poet. This will be a…

This Thursday come to celebrate local poets and the joy of wordplay at our now-monthly Salon! This evening's featured poets are Charlotte resident and famous carpenter-poet of the Boston scene, JD Bergin followed by the Pierson Library's very own Jasper Oliver (no nepotism!) Following this, it will be your turn to take the town hall…

Hey poetry lovers! Join us for group that cold reads whole poetry collections aloud half an hour at a time, getting their mouths a-moving, and affecting the air with the rhythms of poets across time. For the first half hour we will do that and only that, in the second half hour members may bring…

It’s back! All our welcome for a group that cold reads whole poetry collections aloud half an hour at a time, getting their mouths a-moving, and affecting the air with the rhythms of poets across time. For the first half hour we will do that and only that, in the second half hour members may…

Join us for a group that cold reads whole poetry collections aloud half an hour at a time, getting their mouths a-moving, and affecting the air with the rhythms of poets across time. For the first half hour we will do that and only that, and in the second half hour, members may bring up…