news, not blues cultivates poetry appreciation in the boyertown area.

sly news, all !

the boyertown community library has agreed to let news, not blues startle the healthy brained habits possible in absorbing beautiful cuts of sentences for local readers through  donating books of contemporary poetry to its shelves.

we hope to donate a poetry book, fresh from today's world of bards, once each month.

the first book we'll be donating for september is braided creek by jim harrison and former u.s. poet laureate (and hobbit lookalike, coincidentally enough) ted kooser.  

this is a collection of short snail-mailed poems the men sent to each other, after kooser found out years ago that he’d been diagnosed with cancer. and luckily, he is still writing his imagery-thick, nebraska-sparked poetry to this day.

the book should be available at the library soon. please stop in and check it out, as it's quite a worthy, relaxing read !