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Poems of Flight

2024-09-11 16:00:00 2024-09-11 17:00:00 America/Chicago Poems of Flight Birds are a prominent symbol in poetry and have been throughout the ages. What meanings do they inhabit for us, and what meanings do we project upon them? As part of our One Read program, join Stafford Library Assistant Director Jennifer Gravley for a reading and discussion of poems featuring birds. Bring a bird poem to read (your own or someone else’s), or just listen and enjoy. Adults. Stafford Library, Columbia College - 703 Rangeline St., Columbia

Wednesday, September 11
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-11 16:00:00 2024-09-11 17:00:00 America/Chicago Poems of Flight Birds are a prominent symbol in poetry and have been throughout the ages. What meanings do they inhabit for us, and what meanings do we project upon them? As part of our One Read program, join Stafford Library Assistant Director Jennifer Gravley for a reading and discussion of poems featuring birds. Bring a bird poem to read (your own or someone else’s), or just listen and enjoy. Adults. Stafford Library, Columbia College - 703 Rangeline St., Columbia

Stafford Library, Columbia College

703 Rangeline St., Columbia

Birds are a prominent symbol in poetry and have been throughout the ages. What meanings do they inhabit for us, and what meanings do we project upon them? As part of our One Read program, join Stafford Library Assistant Director Jennifer Gravley for a reading and discussion of poems featuring birds. Bring a bird poem to read (your own or someone else’s), or just listen and enjoy. Adults.

Birds are a prominent symbol in poetry and have been throughout the ages. What meanings do they inhabit for us, and what meanings do we project upon them? As part of our One Read program, join us for a lively reading and discussion of poems featuring birds, from the classical to the contemporary. Feel free to bring a poem featuring a bird to read (either your own or someone else’s), or just listen and enjoy!

Jennifer Gravley is the assistant director of Stafford Library at Columbia College. She is an avid One Read fan and author of "The Story I Told My Mother: Poems and an Essay."

Adults.

Stafford Library is off Rangeline Road and across from Southwell Gym. See an interactive map of Columbia College's campus

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | One Read | Featured | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | Writing |

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