Poetry Readers Circle Sponsored by the FOL's Ruth D. Bogen Fund

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Book Discussion

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Adults
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Join fellow readers for a new poetry discussion led by Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci.

Paula Curci is the Nassau County Poet Laureate emeritus. As both the producer of Calliope’s Corner and What’s The Buzz, on Radio Hofstra University, and as a Poet Correspondent for The Scene.Life, Paula meets and interviews poets about their work.  She is the co-founder the Shore Poets and co-editor of the micro- memoir anthology Poetry: “It’s a ‘Shore’ Thing! In an Unsure World.  Through her Acoustic Poets Network Visitation Project, she facilitates introspective poetry workshops, open mics, and performs her poetry.  This month's selections from The Best Poems of the English Language are as follows: 

Begin and finish the section on Ezra Pound Pages 862- 867

'What I Feel About Walt Whitman" on pages 861-862 ( hidden in the essay)

"A Pact"

"Planh for the Young English King" Pages 862-867

William Wordsworth "Tintern Abbey" Pages 321-329

'The Lucy Poems' Pages 330-333 We may begin a discussion on "Tintern Abbey", and if there is time, we can discuss 'The Lucy Poems' or continue in June with those.

Copies of the selected text are available at the Information Desk. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library’s Ruth D. Bogen Memorial Fund.