BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8afc0115-8356-4dda-9089-c8dc57d77339 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260717T043522Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231028T160000 SUMMARY:Meet the authors of the Poem for Cleveland Anthology LOCATION:South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch\nSouth Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=South Euclid-Lyndhurst Bra nch;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch:geo:41.509031, -81.520355 GEO:41.509031;-81.520355 DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of Poem for Cleveland< /i>\, a new anthology written by over 100 youth and elder poets. Poets wil l be reading their poems from this second edition of the book. .\nhttps:/ /cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/9088145 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Poem for Cleveland project was a year-long series of workshops led by Ray McNi ece\, former Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate and Cleveland Arts P rize Lifetime Achievement Award winner. The project culminated in the publ ication of the anthology by local publisher\, Red Giant Press. Poem fo r Cleveland was made possible by the Academy of American Poets with f unds from the Mellon Foundation.

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McNiece worked with youth poets t o present writing workshops for elder poets at various community venues\, including the William N. Skirball Writers&rsquo\; Center at the South Eucl id-Lyndhurst Branch. Each workshop included poetry prompts about Cleveland \, including favorite places\, people\, family memories\, and growing up a Clevelander.

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Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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