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Tribute to Librarians Through Video Poem

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  Click here to read the lyrics. Thanks to my librarian friend, Suzanne Levy, for sharing.  And remember: every week is National Library Week!

Poetry and Libraries: The Perfect Couple

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...

My New Anthem: I'm Reading A Book

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'Nuff said.