National Poetry Month at FPL

Here at FPL, we take National Poetry Month (playfully) SERIOUSLY.  In the midst of our collective self-quarantine, it is good to take a step back and ponder the more universal and permanent things in life.  While poems usually have intimate details that summon a particular time and place, there are often universal themes that can be appreciated within any epoch.

We hope you have found time to read some poetry this month or even write some of your own.

Please enjoy these readings by Matthew Riley (Library Director) and Dru Watkins (Library Associate).

 "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman (read by Matthew Riley)


"A Coat" by William Butler Yeats (read by Dru Watkins)


Two poems by Tomas Tranströmer (read by Matthew Riley)

"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats (read by Dru Watkins)