April is full of poetry
Couplet, sonnet, elegy
Free verse, haiku, villanelle
Rhyming or not, all is well
You might be a poet
And just not know it
I am not a poet
And I certainly know it
A column in verse?
It could be worse.
I could write it in code
But how to decode?
No more rhyming, I promise. Celebrate National Poetry Month by checking out one or more of these newly published volumes of poetry available at the library.
- Above Ground: Poems by Clint Smith.
- The Best American Poetry 2022, series editor David Lehman.
- Chrome Valley: Poems by Mahogany L. Browne.
- Couplets: A Love Story by Maggie Millner.
- The Hurting Kind: Poems by Ada Limon.
- Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Padraig O Tuama.
- Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years by Joy Harjo.
New at the Library
Fiction
- The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen.
- I Will Find You by Harlen Coben.
- Not the Ones Dead by Dana Stabenow.
Nonfiction
- Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier of Hidden Plots and Schemes by Brad Steiger.
- The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine.
- The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook: Identify and Manage Diseases and Other Common Problems on Edible Plants by Susan Mulvihill.
Children
- How to Talk Like a Bear written by Charlie Grandy, illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths.
- Sugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sawyer Cloud.
- Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm written by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Elly MacKay.
This is just a small sampling of the many new titles added each week to the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries collection. Find more in our catalog, or call 360-906-5000 to reserve titles or find additional listings.
Jan Johnston, Collection Manager
Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
You can email Jan at readingforfun@fvrl.org.