Poetry Writing Workshop for Teachers and Teens on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Portage District Library

Poetry Writing Workshop for Teachers and Teens on Tuesday, October 21 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Portage District Library/ 300 Library Lane/ Portage, Michigan 49002. Veteran public school and college teachers and published poets Janet Heller, Andrea England, and Anna Ill will provide students and teachers with fun exercises to get the poetic juices flowing. Open to teachers, teens, and community members. This workshop will help people to prepare for Friends of Poetry’s annual Poems that Ate Our Ears contest for children and teenagers. No experience necessary. Plenty of resources and inspiration to create wonderful poems in your classroom or community. Pizza and beverages provided. Sponsored by Friends of Poetry and the Portage District Library. For more information, please phone the Portage District Library at (269) 329-4544, or use the website http://www.portagelibrary.info and click on “events-and-classes,” and then click “Adult Interest Events.” Free. Registration Required.