April 17th is Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Thursday, 4/17 is the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!

The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.

Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores.

If you don't have a favorite poem, swing by the library to get one! Our 5th & 8th grade library helpers have selected a whole bunch of terrific pocket-sized poems for you to carry, read, share & swap.

For more information, visit poets.org

Happy National Poetry Month!

Scenes from our poetry party

Keep 'em coming!

Thank you, people of Greenfield. I just picked up 5 new books from our World Eye Bookshop wish list:

• The Liberation of Gabriel King, by K.L. Going
• Kabul Beauty School, by Deborah Rodriguez
• Star in the Storm, by Joan Hiatt Harlow
• The Neddiad, by Daniel Pinkwater
• The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, by Barry Lyga

The students here appreciate them so much!

More about April

If you haven't visited the GMS Library in a while, now's the time! The walls are covered with original student poetry. The tops of the bookcases host 5th grade cereal box book reports. The entryway displays biography caricatures. And the window boxes are full of imaginative bird models. Thank you to all of the students and teachers who have shared their work!

Try this

Hey --

Ms. Harrington told us about this magnetic poetry website:

http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/createpoem.cfm?kit=4

Try your hand at writing a poem! When you have one you especially like, save a screen shot of it, paste it into a Word document, and bring a copy to either the 3rd floor computer lab or the library. We'll look over your poems with the GMS language arts teachers and choose a few to honor and share.

Happy Poetry Month!

Hear Here

Original poetry by Mrs. Engle's trailblazing 6th grade poets. Please listen and feel free to make laudatory comments!

** Click the title of this post to launch the MP3 file. **

Thanks to Beth Nelson for showing us how to use the software & to Gaby Richard-Harrington for sharing her equipment.

(P.S. We're so excited; this is our first podcast.)

April is National Poetry Month!

It's time to wax poetic . . .

So much is going on in the GMS Library! Come visit and see the fabulous Poetry Month display created by our 5th & 8th grade helpers under the guidance of Beth Nelson, Simmons College graduate student . . . Borrow some wonderful poetry books from our enormous deposit collection, courtesy of the Western MA Regional Library . . . hear original poetry performed aloud at our 6th grade soiree on April 8th! If you can't get there, tune in to GMS-TV each morning to hear a poem each day. For an infusion of more daily poetry visit the Library of Congress website!

We have even more planned this April -- Check back soon!