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National Poetry Month Drop-in Poetry Events

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Celebrate National Poetry Month with Yonkers Poet Laureate Golda Solomon. Meet Golda and her poet/artist friends by stopping over at the 2nd floor Children's Library between 1-4. Each event will offer poem writing, poem drawing, and poem readings.

April 1st, 1-4pm:
Poet Laureate Golda Solomon with artist/poet Phylisha Villanueva

April 15th, 1-4pm:
Poet Laureate Golda Solomon with trilingual poet Poonam Srivastava

April 29th, 1-4pm:
Poet Laureate Golda Solomon with writer/artist/performer Katori Walker

Throughout the month of April you can also enjoy the photo exhibition "Memories of Go Fly A Poem Day" on the 2nd floor Children's Library. The exhibition is curated by Suttlehan Photography and features photographs by Kevin Suttlehan and John Maney, Jr.