April is National Poetry Month. Drop-in and write a haiku about a favorite book. Notecards, pens and instructions are available at the Adult Services Reference Desk. Haikus will be on display throughout the month of April at the Bernal Heights Branch.
Learn how to make your own zines from a local zine maker, poet and writer. Use multi-media and collage to express yourself in your own one-of-a-kind creations. Gain the skill of zine making and learn a bit about the history of expression and publication using the unique format of the zine. Ages...
Bring your imagination, and any friends who like writing. We'll provide paper, pencils, writing prompts, tea and snacks. (If you prefer to write on a tablet or laptop, bring your own device.) We'll work with different genres at each meeting: fiction, poetry, maybe memoir or songs.
Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry in which the poet discovers a poem within already written materials such as a page from a book or a newspaper article. Find your inner poet as you find the poem hidden on the page using an array of art supplies.
Registration encouraged but not...
WordStorm is the annual culminating celebration featuring Youth Poetry, and Visual Arts by the San Francisco WritersCorps youth participant-artists and their teaching artists. Join us to lift up the youth participants, support their year-long efforts and hear their original works. Meet the...
Listen to an analysis and discussion of excerpts from Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam in a video project that connects lived experience with the American judicial system. For ages 10 and older.
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