Beam our David Stern | Editorial Cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr.
Frank Shiers, Jr.
Editorial cartoon uses Star Trek to discuss Seattle's lack of an NBA team.
This week's editorial cartoon shows a group of people joking about Star Trek, David Stern and Seattle's ongoing struggle to obtain an NBA team.
Spring Visitor | Poem by Marjorie Eldred
The following poem is a tetractys. It starts with one syllable, increases one syllable each line till line five. Line five is ten syllables. Second verse starts with ten syllables, then decreasing syllables each line, 4, 3, 2, 1. Enjoy the picture with me.
'Teach me I am forgotten' by the dead by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Poets.org
Teach me I am forgotten by the dead
And that the dead is by herself forgot
And I no longer would keep terms with me.
Spring Song by Sherwood Anderson | Poets.org
In the forest, amid old trees and wet dead leaves,
a shrine.
Men on the wet leaves kneeling.
Song by James Joyce | Poets.org
My love is in a light attire
Among the apple trees,
Pierce County Library System awarded national medal
Neel Parikh and Jo Cruz, representatives of the Pierce County Library System (PCLS), visited the White House May 8. First lady Michelle Obama presented them with the National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
Legislative special sessions explained to a student | Editorial Cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr.
This week's editorial cartoon shows a democrat and republican trying to explain the concept of a special session to a student.
Deadline looms to register for Puget Sound Amateur golf championship
Local golfers are preparing to test their skills against the top amateurs in the region at the 48th annual Puget Sound Amateur, to be held May 18-19 at Lake Spanaway Golf Course and Chambers Bay.
To My Mother, by Christina Rossetti | Poets.org
Christina Rossetti's best-known work, Goblin Market and Other Poems, was published in 1862. The collection established Rossetti as a significant voice in Victorian poetry. She died in 1894.
Pierce County Library Board to hear about National Medal award and other issues
At its May meeting Pierce County Library System’s Board of Trustees will hear about the Library’s National Medal award and Innovations Initiative proposals.
Teens' talents dazzle in Pierce County Library's writing and art contest
Talented teenage artists and writers demonstrated their creative skills through original poetry, short story, drawing and photography in Pierce County Library System’s Teen Writing & Art Contest – Our Own Expressions.
