Earlier in this National Poetry Month of April, I posted about book spine haiku. Besides haiku, two other poetry forms you might remember from your childhood are limericks and concrete poems. While the Tarleton Libraries have many books with adult versions of these poetic forms, this post focuses on a few children\’s books in ourContinue reading “National Poetry Month: Limericks and Concrete Poems”
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Book Spine Haiku: Libraries and Poetry
In honor of National Library Week and National Poetry Month, here is a relevant book spine haiku: Lost in a good book, here lies the librarian, the lifelong reader. -by Amanda Pape Book spine poems are formed by arranging books so that the titles on their spines make a poem (and no, it doesn\’t haveContinue reading “Book Spine Haiku: Libraries and Poetry”
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Maya Angelou (1928-2014), was one of the most well-known persons of the 20th and 21st century. She was a poet, autobiographer, playwright, educator, actress, dancer, singer, show-host, lecturer, feminist, political activists, and leader. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (E185.97 .A56 A3 1970), Angelou\’s first authobiography, which was nominated for the National Book AwardContinue reading “Maya Angelou (1928-2014)”
Twitter poetry
Here\’s something cool I stumbled across recently: Pentametron. It\’s a Twitter bot that crawls Twitter, finds tweets in iambic pentameter, and then arranges them into sonnets. The results can be strange, but it\’s amazing how well some lines work together. Oh, and if you check and see one of the library\’s tweets in a sonnet,Continue reading “Twitter poetry”
Book Spine Poetry
Photo from Flickr, taken by teachingsagittarian In honor of National Poetry Month, I thought I\’d post about a particular kind of poetry that fits right in with libraries: book spine poetry! Book spine poems are formed by arranging books so that the titles on their spines form a poem. Sometimes they\’re composed of many books,Continue reading “Book Spine Poetry”
Top 10 Library Poetry Resources, pt. 2
Please see previous blog entry for the rest of the list. 5.WORKS OF POETRY The General Stacks (Upper Level) are where most of our books that can be checked out are located. The P section covers language and literature. Specific poets or types of poetry (American, British, Italian, etc.) can be located throughout this section.Continue reading “Top 10 Library Poetry Resources, pt. 2”
Top 10 Library Poetry Resources, Pt. 1
Yesterday was World Poetry Day, and April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by digging into our poetry resources. 10. LITERARY CRITICISM: BOOKS TO CHECK OUT Go to http://www.tarleton.edu/library. Under Library Catalog, click \”Books, Periodicals,…etc.\” For a particular poet, type in the poet\’s name + criticism. Example: Robert Frost criticism 9. BIOGRAPHY: BOOKS TO CHECK OUT,Continue reading “Top 10 Library Poetry Resources, Pt. 1”
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