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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.
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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.
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Song by James Joyce | Poets.org
My love is in a light attire Among the apple trees,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'A Little Princess' opens at the Performing Arts Center Saturday
ManeStage Theatre Company continues its sixth season Saturday, opening a three-weekend run of "A Little Princess." The show is a musical adaptation of the 1905 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and boasts a 55-member cast and crew.
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Seattle Symphony musicians free chamber music May 15
WHAT: The public and media are invited to a free lunchtime chamber music performance in Benaroya Hall’s Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby at 12:45 p.m Wednesday, May 15.
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Before the Birth of One of Her Children by Anne Bradstreet | Poets.org
Anne Bradstreet was born in Northamptonshire, England in 1612, but emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts at the age of 18 with her husband and parents.
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Team-less Seattle fights for the Kings | Editorial Cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr.
This week's editorial cartoon shows a basketball player, representing Seattle, trying to take the Kings from Sacramento.
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Sumner High Drama's 'Fiddler on the Roof' begins Friday
Sumner High School's production of "Fiddler on the Roof" begins Thursday, May 2, and plays three more showings through Saturday, May 4.
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Dems and GOP snails discuss budget | Editorial Cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr.
This week's editorial cartoon depicts two snails, one a democrat and one a republican, discussing the end of the legislative session.
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Culvert replacement will affect weekday recreation in the Blanchard Forest Block | WSDOT
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will replace old culverts and fix worn roads in the Blanchard Forest Block in Skagit County beginning May 6 through, approximately, July 1.
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Ballroom Dancing II | Pierce County Parks
Previous experience is required for this 8 week class, which is held at Pierce County’s Meridian Habitat Park & Center.
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Poetry by Alfred Kreymborg
Alfred Kreymborg was born in New York City on December 10, 1883. In addition to writing his own work, he was instrumental in introducing the world to the Imagist movement through his journal The Glebe. He died in 1966.
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My Lady Is Compared to a Young Tree by Vachel Lindsay | Poets.org
Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, Illinois on November 10, 1879. He was known as the Prairie Troubadour because he integrated music into his poems and performed them theatrically. He died in 1931.
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