Second Annual Sweet Tweets Poetry @ the Library!

Do you like to write? Do you enjoy poetry? Want to challenge yourself to write a poetry tweet – a poem using no more than 140 characters, like a tweet in Twitter?

 To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, the library again this year will offer middle and high school students poetry workshops.  We had a great time last year, warming up with Book Spine Poetry and Six-Word Memoirs and then jumping into our tweets.  The creativity was impressive. 

This year students have asked to add a photograph or drawing to accompany their poems.  Also, longer poems will be encouraged for those who would like to write more. 

We will meet from 3-4 p.m. on April 2, 9th, and 16th.  On April 16th, we also will have a special celebration to share our poems with family and friends from 6:30-7:30 in the meeting room.

You can sign up ahead of time or just stop in and join us. I promise you will have fun and surprise yourself with you talent!  Grab a friend or two and come!

Connie

Manga Workshop with Jay Piscopo a Huge Success!

        Nearly thirty middle and high school students were enraptured by comic artist Jay Piscopo’s Comic Workshop held at the Scarborough Library on March 12th. Many members of Scarborough High School’s Anime Club came. The creator of Capt’n Eli and other characters showed aspiring artists how to use different basic shapes to convey emotions. 

         Making scribbles into drawings was fun and freeing; many were surprised by what they could create from a friend’s scribble. Jay gave lots of tips on how to break into comics as a career.  He kindly stayed after the workshop to look at the students’ work, giving praise and helpful suggestions.  The afternoon was a great success for all.

Let us know what other programs you would like!

Happy Reading,
Connie