Sidney Lanier was a flautist. Sidney Lanier was a Confederate soldier, captured by the Union and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he contracted tuberculosis. Sidney Lanier was a hotel […]
Why do we read poetry?
Thank you! Over 60 poems were suggested for the Eisenhower Library’s “pocket poems” created for National Poetry Month. A few dozen of the proposed poems will be available in the […]
What’s Your Favorite Poem?
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Sheridan Libraries will create a series of “pocket poems”: poems on pocket-sized pieces of paper, available throughout Eisenhower Library for you to pick […]
April is on the way!
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. -T. S. Eliot, “The Waste-Land” Poor, dour Thomas […]