Celebrate Poetry Month with activity stations and readings by the outgoing and new poets laureate.
Explore stations throughout the library where you can try out beginner-friendly poetry activities or flex your creative skills.
This community celebration will feature Jaiden Dokken's last reading as Clallam County Poet Laureate and a first reading from the newly inaugurated Poet Laureate, Nellie Bridge, to kick off her two-year term.
Guest poets Esther Saniigauq Kugzruk, June VanDenBurg, and Lucian Parker will also read their work. Plus, have your poetry fortune told by Ginny Holladay of Fabulist Fables.
Upcoming Events
Nellie Bridge will be welcomed at the Forks Library on April 25 and at the Sequim Library on May 1. Learn more.
The new Poet Laureate will serve from April 2025 through March 2027. The position is generously supported in part by the North Olympic Library Foundation and Clallam County.
Poetry Fest is generously supported in part by Port Angeles Friends of the Library.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Reading & Writing | Arts, Music & Culture |
The main library is home to the Raymond Carver Room, Margaret Coffey Room, study rooms, and the archive room with local history resources.