April is National Poetry Month. In celebration, the Shoreline Community College Ray W. Howard Library is hosting several events open to all students. For more information, go to library.shoreline.edu/NPM
Poetry Crafts – throughout the month of April
Library (4000) Bldg.
The Makerspace in the library has an ongoing Blackout Poetry craft during the month of April.
There will also be a poetry fill-in-the-blank activity and keep an eye out for chalk on campus to participate in the sidewalk chalk poetry crafting event. Create, craft, and express yourself this April!
Haiku Contest – April 15-29
Online
The Library is hosting a Haiku contest. Open to students only. Write an original haiku* that addresses the theme: my first job.
The 1st place winner will receive a $30 voucher to the bookstore. The Contest will be open from April 15 to April 29, 2019. Email entries to tferris@shoreline.edu with the subject line: Haiku
*A haiku is a three-line poem with the first line being 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables, and the third line 5 syllables. For more information on haikus please visit library.shoreline.edu/npm
Spoken Word open mic – Thurs., April 25: 3:30pm
Black Box Theater (4107)
Poetry has an effect on the soul when it’s spoken aloud. *Experience the sound of poetry on the soul. Any student may read a poem they wrote or a poem they like. *Arrive 10 minutes early to sign up to read a poem.
Stay for the second half of the event, a viewing of the film Poetry of Witness, a documentary that focuses on the poetry that comes from times of war, exile, and repression.
Film Showing: Poetry of Witness – Thurs., April 25: 4:30pm
Black Box Theater (4107)
Poetry of Witness is a 2015 documentary film directed by Billy Tooma and Anthony Cirilo about the lives of six contemporary poets who have lived through, and survived, extremities such as war, torture, exile, and repression, using poetry to preserve their memories.
