Poetry at TCPL

Poetry at TCPL

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Submissions are now closed! Thank you to all the poets who participated. These poems will be featured on pocket-sized cards that we will distribute to the community for Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 18.

Last year in 2023, we shared poems by 80 local poets. You can see last year's poetry collection here!

If you have any questions, please email poetry@tcpl.org.

Upcoming Writing, Poetry, and Performance Events

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Creative Writing Workshop

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Schwarz Jacobson Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Love to write your own stories? Have ideas for your own characters and worlds, or an interest in writing fanfiction? Join Adrienne Raw for a Teen Creative Writing Workshop! Adrienne is a SUNY Cortland Assistant Professor of Professional Writing. She ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Families" group.
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner Full
Age Group: Adults, Families, Kids, Teens
Program Type: Lectures, Performance, Science and Nature, Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32
About this event::
Storyteller Perry Ground (Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation) brings Native American Sun and Eclipse legends to life in this engaging and interactive presentation for all ages. Tribes across North America have stories to explain these solar ev...
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Creative Writing Workshop

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Schwarz Jacobson Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About this event::
Love to write your own stories? Have ideas for your own characters and worlds, or an interest in writing fanfiction? Join Adrienne Raw for a Teen Creative Writing Workshop! Adrienne is a SUNY Cortland Assistant Professor of Professional Writing. She ...
This event is in the "Families" group.
This event is in the "Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers" group.
This event is in the "Kids" group.
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: Ezra Cornell Reading Room
Age Group: Families, Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers, Kids
Program Type: Music, Performance
About this event::
Join Rolie Polie Guacamole for a family-friendly rock performance! Frank Gallo & Andrew Tuzhilin created Rolie Polie Guacamole in 2006 while living in Brooklyn, NY.  The band released their first album in 2008 and have been at it ever sin...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Tompkins County Public Library
Room: BorgWarner West
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Poetry, Writing
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
About this event::
In this workshop, we'll investigate how some poems balance vulnerability with optimism. We'll study how the poet successfully exploits image, music, voice, emotion, story, and rhetoric. Then, we'll experiment with these ideas in a short free-write. P...