Celebrating Poetry Month as the Feature of the Month

April is poetry month and the Library is celebrating by featuring local and well known poets and biographies of poets for the Feature of the Month. Some of the poets which will be featured are Wilma McDaniel, a Stroud native, who published many books and whose books are being re-printed through a grant from OSU. Also featured are Chandler native and last years Oklahoma Poet Laureate, Ben Myers. Another Chandler native, Mari Battle, will be featured, God’s Queen, poems and essays.
Well known poetry by Shel Silverstein, Robert Frost and Maya Angelou are featured as well as some children’s and young adult poetry.