Upcoming Poetry Events at the Library!
The library has many great poetry events coming up:
Poetry Workshop with Frances Donovan
Saturday, April 23, 12-2PM
Join local poet Frances Donovan to explore one of the oldest art forms. We’ll read work by well-known poets and explore the meaning of their words and the feelings they evoke in us. Then we’ll use prompts to create our own poems, focusing on positive feedback to nurture these new seedlings. Experienced poets and raw beginners — or the merely curious — are welcome. Donovan will also have a poetry display in the library during the month of April. For more info, go to gardenofwords.com.
Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges will visit Roslindale Library on May 7, 11AM-1PM. Please bring your poems and drop by to meet and discuss your work with her.
Legros Georges is a professor in the Creative Arts and Learning Division at Lesley University. Her areas of academic focus and expertise include arts and education, contemporary American poetry, African-American poetry, Caribbean literature and studies, and literary translation. Her work with Lesley education students is largely focused on the arts in support of enhanced teaching practices.
Legros Georges was born in Haiti and grew up in Boston’s Haitian community in Mattapan. She received a B.S. in Communication Studies from Emerson College, and holds an M.F.A. in English and Creative Writing from New York University.
Rozzie Reads Poetry: Featured Poets & Open Mic
Special Guests: Midnight Voices
Thursday, May, 19th, 7pm
We will have a special reading with Midnight Voices, sponsored by Warrior Writers and other veterans for peace groups.
Featured Poets
Eric Wasileski (M.Div) was born during the Vietnam war into a military family. He spent two years as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and six years in the US Navy as a radar technician and operator for the Aegis weapon system. In the Navy, Wasileski was engaged in combat operations on the USS Stout. He received awards for action in the former Yugoslavia, and in Iraq, Operation Desert Fox. A disabled veteran and client of the V.A., Eric is an active Quaker, facilitator for Warrior Writers and organizer for Veterans for Peace. He keeps busy with being a dad, poetry, and peace work and will read from his new book Live Free (or Die).
Aimée Sands is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and the author of The Green-go Turn of Telling (Salmon Poetry, 2012.) Poet Bruce Weigl praised this first collection: “The elegant wedding of fresh intellect and lyric bravado distinguish Aimee Sands’ new poems from much of our recent American poetry.” Aimée’s work has appeared in FIELD, Poet Lore, Beloit Poetry Journal, Salamander, Measure and other journals. She holds an MFA from Bennington College, and has co-directed the Brookline Poetry Series since 2001. She is also the producer/director of the independent documentary What Makes Me White? and has won numerous awards, including an Emmy, for her television and radio productions. She teaches at Bentley University, and leads the Word-Hoard Workshops, a series of poetry craft workshops and master classes.
To celebrate National Poetry Month, check out this list of books by many of our favorite poets.
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