“April is the cruelest month”, or
so Eliot said in the beginning of “The Waste Land”. Those who love poetry know it is the time to
celebrate all things poetic at Decatur Public Library and we have many ways to
do that this month. Check out the spine poetry display in the cases as you come
into the library. Make sure to pick up a poem to carry and one to share for
Poem in Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 10th. There are multiple
copies of poems to choose from on the tops of the display cases. Check out the featured books shelf beside the
new arrivals for a display of poetry books from the collection. Make sure to
pick up a leaf from the plug-in bar in front and fill in two lines from your
favorite poem. Leave the leaf in the basket and we will add it to our “poet-tree”. At the end of the month we will list all of
the lines as a single poem on our Facebook page.
There is also a copy of “Paul
Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on the bar to take. It is part of
our celebration of the Two Lights for Tomorrow initiative, which commemorates
Paul Revere’s famous ride on April 18, 1775 and America’s fight for liberty and
independence. You can find more information about Two Lights for Tomorrow here.
There are also two FYI Series
programs this month. The first one is on Wednesday, April 16th,
“Native Plants to Attract Pollinators” presented by Jessie Douglas Taylor.
“CSI-K9” will be presented by Leona Conner and K-9 Micha on Wednesday, April 30th.
Both programs will begin at 12noon in the Community Room.
The April task for the Adult
Reading Challenge is to read a novel in verse.
There will be a list of books that work for this task in the public
lists on our catalog. For this task you will be able to use those juvenile
titles that are on the list. We hope this task doesn’t leave you feeling like a
tortured poet. If you have questions about if a title works, please email or
drop by the marketing and outreach office.
Happy Reading!