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PHOTO: Library Park, with Patten Free Library in the background, in Bath. A poetry installation in honor of National Poetry Month is located throughout the park until April 30. (Maureen Milliken photo)
BATH — For the third year in a row, Patten Free Library is celebrating National Poetry Month with a poetry installation in Library Park, adjacent to the library, at 33 Summer St.
What began as a social distancing program in 2021 has become an annual tradition looked forward to by the community and staff alike, library officials said.
“Each year we install about 20 poems on yard sign style signs,” Hannah Lackoff, program and outreach manager, said. “We do our best to include poets of all ages, genders, and races, and select poems with a spring or hopeful theme. This year we are excited to have even more local poets than in past years, including the winners of this year’s poetry contest, poets whose collections we have in our History Room, and a few bigger names that will be sure to be recognized.”
The installation is one of several month-long Poetry Month activities for all ages at the library, which also include an indoor “Poetry of the Past” poetry walk hosted by the Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room, a poet tree in the Children’s room, blackout poetry in the Teen Space, and poetry grab and go kits for all ages throughout the month.
The outdoor installation will be in place through April 30.
For more information, visit patten.lib.me.us.
