April 10-16 is National Library Week! To honor libraries and librarians, I share with you a poem sent to me by my librarian friend, Suzanne, who serves as a prime example of what is great about libraries and librarians. I'm glad she has been a part of my library — and my life. Please enjoy this poem shared by Suzanne, who grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan and whose family has a personal connection to Carl Sandburg and his family's goats. PICNIC BOAT SUNDAY night and the park policemen tell each other it is dark as a stack of black cats on Lake Michigan. A big picnic boat comes home to Chicago from the peach farms of Saugatuck. Hundreds of electric bulbs break the night's darkness, a flock of red and yellow birds with wings at a standstill. Running along the deck railings are festoons and leaping in curves are loops of light from p...