Celebrate National Poetry Month at the Carpenter-Carse Library!
We’ll start our evening with readings by local poets Marian Willmot, Bonnie Morrissey, Laura Wisniewski, and Jessica LaBrie, then open the stage for a community poetry reading! We encourage everyone to bring a poem or two to share, or just come and listen!
To share your work, sign up at the event or email Marian at marianw@gmavt.net to reserve your spot.

The Carpenter-Carse Library is also starting a Community Writers Group, and local writers of all genres are welcome to attend. The first meeting will be on May 3 from 7-8:30 in the community room. Get your literary juices flowing with creative writing prompts, network with other local wordsmiths, and help us establish a fun, stimulating monthly workshop.

About our poets:
Laura Wisniewski is the Director of Beecher Hill Yoga/Integrative Health Coaching VT. She is the author of EveryDay Yoga (DVD); Beecher Hill Yoga: Postures & Meditation(CD) and several articles in the Health & Medicine section of Downstreet Magazine. She is a regular columnist for The Hinesburg Record.
Jessica LaBrie is the owner of Blackbird’s Daughter Botanicals, where she offers goddess circles, summer camps, herbal apprenticeships, and other assorted words and herbs for wellness and joy. Jessica fell in love with the written word before she could speak, and delights in leaving spur-of-the-moment poetry and songs on her family's voice mail. You can read about her adventures at blackbirds-daughter.blogspot.com, and on facebook.
Bonnie Morrissey works as a clinical psychologist-masters, and is on the faculty of Circles of Four, an international post-graduate program for those who wish to teach the discipline of Authentic Movement. In her spare time she tends bees and writes poems. You can find her at www.bonniemorrissey.org and www.disciplineofauthenticmovement.com.
Marian Willmott has been writing poetry, along with painting, for over fifteen years. She has been published in many literary journals, her poetry chapbook was published by Pudding House Press, she received Special Merit in a poetry contest judged by Ellen Bryant Voight, and one of her poems was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is currently working on a book length manuscript.

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