Poetry Events at HPL

Poetry Events at HPL
Several poets are featured. Outspoken Bean of MetaFour Houston will perform too!

A Poem in Four Letters

Happy Poetry Month!

Come challenge Raishell

So far, Raishell is undefeated in our poetry competition. Come join us Thursday at 7:15 AM. Do not forget to bring breakfast and a friend.

April is Poetry Month!

Join us at the Poetry Club, 7:15 AM Thursday

Come forf details about our school wide poetry contest. Bring original music, art, poetry, breakfast, and friends!

Jack Yates Student Poetry Club- ROAR!

Join our student poetry club. We meet Thursday mornings at 7:15 in the library. Bring your poems, friends, art, readings, and breakfast! Agenda for Next Thursday: vote for coronation sweetheart, vote for words for R.O.A.R., survey what is available in HHYL.

WAT?!

Get over to the Word Around Town Poetry Tour. I went last night and it was awesome! Meta-Four Houston totally rocked! Thank you Shannon Buggs and Outspoken Bean! Thanks to Lupe Mendez for the poetic shout out to educators! Check out the schedule:

7/11 Bohemeo's Art House 708 Telephone Rd.
7/12 The Artery 5401 Jackson
7/13 Taft Street Coffee 2115 Taft
7/14 Notsuoh's 314 Main
7/15 Khon's 2808 Milam
7/16 M.E.C.A. 1900 Kane
7/17 Aerosol Warfare 2110 Jefferson

Other poets: Teresa Juarez, Jasmine Mendez, Jessie Noel, and more...

Share Your Favorite Poetry

Tell Ms. Hunter your favorite poem and she will post it on the blue "Our Favorite Poetry" banner in the library.

Meta-Four Houston Slam Poetry Tomorrow

See the 2010 Slam Team at the Rock the Block Festival from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Emancipation Park on Elgin and Dowling
(If it rains, then the festival moves to the St. James School/3129 Southmore.)

Mobile Poetry

No wireless, no computer, no book? Try Mobile Poetry from Poetry.org.

Poetry Collections by Alice Walker

Once (1968)
Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems (1973)
Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning (1979)
Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful (1985)
Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems (1991)
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth (2003)
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems And Drawings (2003)

Student Poetry

To sickness and health I am happy to be your husband and you
Are happy to be my wife.
When I first saw you my heart was betting like a horse.
When I go to sleep I have dreams about you;
Your smile your laugh and your smartness.
You are a star of my heart and I am the moon of your eyes
And I care about you so that is why I love you with all my heat
And I always be there for you.

Kelvinp.

This Week's Favorite Poets

Julius took a poll of library patrons. Our favorite poets are:

Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Se7en
Tupac
John Milton
Katie King
James Baldwin
Susan Jeffers
'lil Wayne
William Shakespeare
Robert Frost
Donna Garrett
Edgar Allen Poe
Daniel Garcia
Walt Whitman

April is Poetry and Jazz Month!

Stop by the library and check out the words of James Baldwin, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, TUPAC, Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya, Jim Morrison, and Houston native Daniel Garcia!