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Halloween Poetry – some scary verse

halloweenPic2The American Poetry Foundation, regular sources of inspiration for our library, has a great collection of poetry for Halloween assembeld here.

A range of styles, poets, cultural backgrounds and historical references – from Louise Gluck to Edgar Allan Poe and Christina Rosetti.

Could you read out aloud poetry about Goblin Markets or the Song of Witches, then take a quick click trip to this page at the Foundation and see some great Halloween poems, courtesy of Becca Klaver.

Happy Halloween, happy reading…

Penn Sound – poets broadcast

phongraphPicThe University of Pennsylvania has a terrific archive of modern and contemporary poets available to hear on their PennSound pages.

Whether you are interested in hearing Paul Auster read from The Red Notebook from a few years ago, or to hear W.B. Yeats read The Lake Isle of Innisfree in 1932 – they are all here.

Across the whole A-Z of the catalogue there are some great and challenging recordings to be heard. Be confronted by Kathy Acker or mesmerised by the lilting musicality of Zhimin Li reading his Non-Presence works in his native tongue.

PennSound – a fantastic resource for lovers of poetry, history and the human voice.

Kings Lynn Poetry Festival

poetryPic55This year’s Kings Lynn Poetry Festival will soon be upon us.

At the Town Hall in Kings Lynn on 23rd to 25th September – this year’s programme includes some stellar poets.

Matthew Sweeney, Wendy Cope, Elaine Feinstein and Alan Brownjohn amongst many others.

You can see potted biographies and details of the poets on the Kings Lynn Poetry Festival web pages.

You can buy advance tickets from the contact here – or purchase on the door. You can see the programme details and venue times on the festival website.

Why not get poetical next weekend?

Get a poetry App!

iPhonePoetryPicThere is a poetry app from The Poetry Foundation available for free on the AppStore.

If you want to read some great poetry on your mobile device, or to choose a specific poem to suit your mood or location then this is the app for you.

You can read poetry from Eliot, Neruda, Emily Dickinson and many others. You can use the app to search for your favourite poem by keyword or phrase too.

The US based Poetry Foundation web site is a great resource for poetry in the English language. See their home page here.

There is a debate that mobile technology will do away with the printed book. That children, wholly adapted to the e-world, will no longer value the bound and printed text. What do you think?

If you think the book is dying, use our contact us page to send us a message at the Marham Community Library.

We don’t think so, but we’d like to know what you feel about the matter?

Listen to poetry too!

poetryArchiveLogoHave you discovered The Poetry Archive yet?

This is a fantastic resource for lovers of poetry, or those who wish to explore and take their imagination to new landscapes.

On the site you can hear the voices of poets reading their own works, as well as access recordings via the guided tours that poets and celebrities have created from the archive.

What is Andrew Motion listening to in the files, what is Stephen Fry or Monica Ali? You can find out by visiting The Poetry Archive.

The site has some great resources for students, librarians and teachers. We particularly liked the New to Poetry pages – if you are just discovering poetry or are just becoming confident as a reader this is the section for you.

The Poetry Archive also has a section dedicated to children’s poetry. It can be really surprising to hear some of your favourites in the voice of the poet, changing the way you think about the work by hearing it spoken as the poet imagined it.

This is a great resource – visit The Poetry Archive here and be surprised…