Poetry Reading/Book Release Celebration June 7

Wow, it’s been another great year! Once again, we received almost 200 poems. The poets will be presented with their anthologies on June 7 at 7 pm, and, hopefully, most of them will read their poems! It's sure to be an inspiring evening, so don't miss it!

Watermelon by Amelia McQuade

As I indulge to
take my first bite
My teeth break through
leaving joy left to face
It drips
And slips
and makes a mess
But NOTHING will stop me
The juice glides
down my throat with delight
As I notice if oozing down my cheek
As it's calling my name
to take another bite
The smell stuffs my nose
with the summer scent of watermelon
Oh how I wish it was summer
to eat my favorite fruit: WATERMELON

Amelia McQuade, Grade 6

My Home by Marissa Mealey

Deep, blue ocean waves
hitting the soft sand
down below me

I stand high in the sky
my light warns a sailor
if they're getting close to me

Seagulls come up from stealing
little kids' food and fly
all around me

The beach is my home
I am happy here
I am a lighthouse

Marissa Mealey, Grade 6

baby bird by Kendall Blizzard

a baby bird I am

new to this colorful world

eager to extend my wings and soar

mother bird nurtures me

and educates me the way of life

until I am prepared with my knowledge matured

to bound off of my nest

and be the greatest

a baby bird I was…

an eagle I am

Kendall Blizzard, Grade 6

Don’t Forget to Sign-up for the Poetry Writing Workshops!

Thursday, April 29, Tom Daley will be giving poetry writing workshops at the Westwood Library. Grades 6, 7, and 8 will meet from 2:45 – 4:00, and grades 3, 4, and 5 will meet from 4:15 – 5:30. Tom taught workshops here two years ago and here is one of the poems that the kids wrote together with him. To sign-up, call 781-320-1042, or email us at westwoodpoetry@yahoo.com.

A Calendar Poem Listing the Quirky Moons of the Westwood Library Grades 3 – 5 Poetry Workshop

January is the moon of trying to beat the record at Grandma’s house of staying up to 6 a.m.

February is the moon of seeing the Lunar Eclipse.

March is the moon of the guinea pig visit.

April is the moon of the cherry blossom dance.

May is the moon of playing water basketball.

June is the moon of having an ice cream party in school.

July is the moon of going to Cold Stone Creamery for the first time.

August is the moon of celebrating my dog’s birthday and giving him doggie ice cream.

September is the moon of the first day of school.

October is the moon of ghosting my neighbors.

November is the moon of meeting a bunny that was my size.

December is the moon of seeing sea lions get fed at the New England Aquarium.

-Westwood Library grades 3 – 5 Poetry Workshop with Tom Daley

Aiden Fitzgibbon, Peter Jeong, Jordan Jud, Jessie Kreinsen, Zoe Luiz, Anusha Manglik, Ben Ouellette, Jack Papetti, Emily West

The poems are in!

Thanks to everyone who submitted a poem for this year’s anthology.  We received 167!!  Keep checking here for news about this year’s poetry reading/book release celebration, and to read some of this year’s poems.

Poetry Writing Workshops with Tom Daley

Tom Daley returns to the Westwood Library!  On April 29, Tom will host 2 poetry writing workshops as part of the library’s Positively Poetry series. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will meet from 2:45 – 4:00, and students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will meet from 4:15 – 5:30. Registration is required. To register, email us at westwoodpoetry@yahoo.com, or call 781-320-1042.  The poems produced at the workshops will be included in the library’s 2010 Poetry Anthology.

Tom Daley teaches poetry writing at the Boston Center for Adult Education, and poetry and memoir writing at Lexington Community Education. In addition, he is a member of the faculty of the Online School of Poetry, serves on the tutorial faculty of the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, and has been a guest instructor at Brown University, Stonehill College and SUNY Cobleskill. He has also been served as visiting poets at several schools.

Tom Daley’s own work has been published in numerous journals, including Harvard Review, Prairie Schooner, Barrow Street, Vox, Diagram, and Hacks: The Grub Street Anthology.