Second period seemed to be a little too early in the morning for some.

"The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Students, do not try this at home or in the library. These are professionals.

The poem "Dawn" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar brought to life.

Some poetry is so short that if you blink you miss it.

The angel waits to kiss the sleeping Night.

Do you realize that you are sitting in the Poetry section of the library? These poems line the walls.

Seven Ages of Man by William Shakespeare

whining school-boy

And then the lover, Sighing like furnace,

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard;

And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined

his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

"First They Came" by Martin Niemoller

Mrs. Whisennand and Mrs. Patton are told a Love poem.

Photo by Mary Boyd

"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll

What does a Tumtum tree sound like? How does a Jabberwock burble?

"The Glove and the Lions" by Leigh Hunt

Ramped and roared the lions, with horrid laughing jaws;

I'll drop my glove, to prove his love; great glory will be mine.

The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regained his place

"Human Family" by Maya Angelou

The variety of our skin tones can confuse, bemuse, delight,

brown and pink and beige and purple, tan and blue and white.

We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.

Students from eight classes filled the library.

The Poetry Alive players said goodbye.