The Main and the Robert Crown Branches of EPL will be closed Dec. 24th & Dec. 25th. We will reopen Dec. 26th for regular library hours.
April 5, 2012
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. This poem was selected by Jeff B. (Readers’ […]
April 4, 2012
Why Should Not Old Men Be Mad? by William Butler Yeats Why should not old men be mad? Some have known a likely lad That had a sound fly-fisher’s wrist Turn to a drunken journalist; A girl that knew all Dante once Live to bear children to a dunce; A Helen of social welfare dream, […]
April 3, 2012
Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? . Maybe it just […]
April 2, 2012
Nature Knows Best by Ogden Nash I don’t know exactly how long ago Hector was a pup, But it was quite long ago, and even then people used to have to start their day by getting up. Yes, people have been getting up for centuries, They have been getting up in palaces and Pullmans […]
April 1, 2012
Happiness by Carl Sandburg I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them. And then […]
April 1, 2012
Chances are good it snuck up on you. Between the madness of your NCAA brackets, the July-like March sunshine, and standing in line at The Hunger Games premiere, you very likely didn’t notice National Poetry Month peeking around the corner. But April is here, friends, and fortunately you’ve come to THE place for your poetry […]
March 16, 2012
This month for Poetry 365 we’re highlighting Laura Kasischke’s ambitious new volume Space, in Chains. A 2011 NY Times Notable Book, the Pushcart Prize winner’s eighth collection finds her pursuing her signature stream-of-consciousness style while also exploring her new interest in the prose poem. Mingling homey memories of childhood with questions about the existence of God, […]
February 13, 2012
This month for Poetry 365 we’re featuring Tracy K. Smith’s brilliant new volume Life on Mars. A 2011 NY Times Notable Book, the Princeton professor’s third collection showcases her impressive range as it blends “pop culture, history, elegy, anecdote, and sociopolitical commentary to illustrate the weirdness of contemporary living.” Hypnotic, ironic, and spiritual, Life on Mars is a stunning […]
January 28, 2012
This month for Poetry 365 we’re highlighting Troy Jollimore’s eagerly awaited follow-up to his acclaimed debut Tom Thomson in Purgatory, winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award. In At Lake Scugog, the California State University professor continues his exploration of age-old philosophical questions in clever, flexibly formal verse that includes 14 new sonnets […]
November 23, 2011
Michelle Obama urged high school students to become more involved with poetry Monday, announcing a year long program whose aim is to celebrate poetry through readings, appearances, and workshops. Five students will be selected in June 2012. For more information on the National Student Poets initiative, click here. Shira S.
