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SUMMARY:LBI Poets Studio
LOCATION:Long Beach Island Branch\nLong Beach Island Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Whether you are an accomplished poet or a new one\, our monthl
 y workshop will inspire you. To attend this event virtually please contact
  Sue Cummings via email scummings817@comcast.net. .\nhttps://theoceancount
 ylibrary.libnet.info/event/12075055
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This group meets the 1st Thursday of every
  month from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm on Zoom. You may also join the program in-pe
 rson at the LBI Library in the meeting room each month.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p><strong>Our Prompt for December</strong> is to write a poem about a 
 souvenir or souvenir(s).</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Here is a wee bit of insp
 iration:</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Souvenir by Jane Hirshfield</p>\n<p>&nbsp
 \;</p>\n<p>I would like <br />to take something with me</p>\n<p>but even o
 ne chair <br />is too awkward <br />too heavy</p>\n<p>peeling paint <br />
 falls off in a suitcase <br />hinge sounds betray a theft <br />cheeses wo
 n&rsquo\;t keep</p>\n<p>the clothespin <br />without its surroundings <br 
 />would be mediocre</p>\n<p>the big thunder rolled elsewhere</p>\n<p>the u
 mbrella is for sale <br />but in a desert what you want is a soaking</p>\n
 <p>the do not disturb sign is tattered</p>\n<p>I have many times taken <br
  />some cafe&rsquo\;s small packets of sugar <br />so that in Turkey <br /
 >I might sweeten my coffee with China\, <br />and in Italy remember a Lith
 uanian pastry</p>\n<p>but where is the coffee</p>\n<p>hands left and right
  useless <br />knees clattery <br />heart finally calm <br />as some hero 
 at the end of a movie <br />squinting silently into the sun</p>\n<p>you ca
 n&rsquo\;t hold an umbrella there anyhow <br />and what would he hang from
  the clothespin</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>As a Bonus Challenge</stro
 ng> use three or more of the following words selected at random from the s
 hort story entitled Dachau\, by Achy Obejas (One Story\, Issue Number 324)
 </p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>vivid\, art\, focused\, abandoned\, tree\, bottom
 \, light\, droplets\, passenger\, maple syrup\, scarf\, circles\, bronze\,
  blurry\, elementary\, sculpture\, puzzles\, burden\, narrative\, mother\,
  heart\, queerness\, craftspeople\, monumental\, red-eye\, brochure\, stic
 ker\, North Pole\, absolute\, futuristic\, debris\, edition\, warm\, tangy
 \, whisper\, decaying\, window\, mirror\, chill\, faceless\, heated\, brus
 quely\, teeth\, Spanish\, tucking\, officious\, jerks\, accented\, pursuit
 \, burka\, whip\, stalker\, crackle\, danke\, ten\, mojitos\, bucket-sized
 \, ornamentation\, bag\, palm trees\, euros\, mystery\, crevice\, pecking\
 , dab\, knuckles\, grave\, mist\, clutch\, thin\, disbelief\, folding\, mi
 micry\, facade\, shadows\, violet\, ceiling</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://t
 heoceancountylibrary.libnet.info/event/12075055
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