Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This poem was selected by Russell J. (Readers’ Services)
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 1, 2013
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This poem was selected by Russell J. (Readers’ Services)
If you’re anything like us, you’ve been counting down to this very day. Besides kick starting the showers that bring the flowers, April 1st officially makes it next year for the Cubs and gives you cause to unleash that new whoopee cushion. What’s most exciting, however, is that today means National Poetry Month is finally here, and we can get our poetry party started. You see, today begins Off the Shelf’s 4th annual National Poetry Month extravaganza during which we showcase one staff-picked “Poem of the Day” for the entire month of April. For your poetry pleasure, we’ll also have plenty of poetry news, quotes, features, and much, much more. So sit back, relax, and stay awhile. It’s going to be a good month.
April 30, 2012
Walking around the Block with a Three-Year-Old by David Wagoner
This poem was selected by Russell J. (Readers’ Services)
April 29, 2012
I Wrote a Good Omelet by Nikki Giovanni
This poem was selected by Lesley W. (Head of Adult Services)
April 28, 2012
A Silly Poem by Spike Milligan
Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I’ll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?
This poem was selected by Olivia M. (Readers’ Services)
April 27, 2012
Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
April 26, 2012
Stays by Jill Alexander Essbaum
This poem was selected by Russell J. (Readers’ Services)
April 25, 2012
Eating Poetry by Mark Strand
This poem was selected by Rika G. (Reference Librarian)
April 24, 2012
“Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
This poem was selected by Laura H. (Readers’ Services)
April 23, 2012
Sonnet XXII by William Shakespeare
This poem was selected by Lesley W. (Head of Adult Services)