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Young Adult Book Club

4:40 PM - 5:30 PM
Tippecanoe Branch

Join us this Poetry Month for a Young Adult Book Discussion and snacks. In a safe space where all opinions matter, we will respectively listen to our peers talk about their favorite poem or author. What is the best poetry you have ever read? Have you read Shel Silverstein, Amanda Gorman, or Rupi Kaur? We want to hear about the poetry that you love. 

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Picture a Poem

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Milwaukee Central Library
Children’s Herzfeld Activity Center
Interested in writing poetry but not sure how to get started?  Join us to find inspiration from pictures and create your own poem, or create a piece of art to pair with a poem you’ve written!
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Open Mic Poetry with Kavon Cortez Jones

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
East Branch
Community Room, Gift of Lucile Krug
You won't want to miss the annual Open Mic Poetry event at East Library! The first hour will be to gather, visit and write. Then local poet Kavon Cortez Jones will take the stage to host the open mic! Light refreshments will be served.
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Celebrate poetry month - Write a Haiku or two.

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Zablocki Branch
Community Room
Create a haiku and have some fun!  Haiku is a short poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.  Use your poem or multiple poems as submissions into the TAB Teen Poetry Contest!
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Drop In / Button Up

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capitol Branch
Community Room
Drop on into our monthly button-making gathering. Each month, we will browse books from the Capitol book collection and create little circles of art that you can wear. The monthly themes are: 
January - Life & Legacy Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;  February - African American Inventors; March - Women in Art; April - Poetry Pins; May - Super Reader! 
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YA Café

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Center Street Branch
Community Room
The YA Café provides a space for teens and tweens to congregate and celebrate in the Community Room at Center Street. 

Talk, hang out, play games, have snacks, and explore creativity with crafts, with a new theme every month! 

April is National Poetry Month, and the YA Café will feature DIY magnetic poetry, along with snacks and games.
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A Party For Langston

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Washington Park Branch
A celebration of a book about a celebration about a poet! Join us for a National Poetry Month event celebrating Jason Reynold's picture book debut: There Was a Party for Langston. The party will launch with a story time at noon, followed  by activities to celebrate Langston Hughes and his long legacy!
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Poetry Month: Haikus

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Villard Square Branch
Young Adult Room
Drop in to create some fun and creative haikus.  Haikus are a short poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.  Use your poem as a submission into the TAB Teen Poetry Contest!
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Poetry Month: Blackout Poetry

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Atkinson Branch
Community Room
This poetry month give a book a second chance by turning pages into poems!
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Blackout Poetry

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Good Hope Branch
Teen Zone
This National Poetry Month give a book a second chance by turning pages into poems with blackout poetry! 
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Open a Book, Open a World

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capitol Branch
Every time you open a book, you open a world of possibility. Create your own project inspired by a different book topics each month. 
January - Baby Plants for the New Year
February - Black History and Inventors
March - Female Book Illustrators
April - Poetry Rocks
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Poetry Program & Open Mic

12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Center Street Branch
Community Room
April is National Poetry Month. Join us at the Center Street Library for an afternoon of poetry. Visit with others, enjoy light refreshments, and experience the open mic portion hosted by local poet Kavon Cortez Jones.
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Teen Poetry Fest

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mitchell Street Branch
Northwestern Mutual Foundation Studio M Makerspace
Join us for a celebration of poetry with an Open Mic hosted by Brit Nicole, the chance to record your work in the Northwestern Mutual Foundation Studio M Makerspace Sound Booth, decorate a journal, create Black Out Poetry buttons —and more! Teen Poetry Contest winners will be announced at the Teen Poetry Fest. Enjoy coffee from Ay! Chihuahua and light refreshments.
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