
Statue of Fitz-Greene Halleck in New York’s Central Park, photo by Carlos Delgado, Wikimedia Commons
At the Guilford Free Library, 67 Park Street, on Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. the Guilford Poets Guild presents a “A Celebration of Guilford in Verse.”
Guilford Poets Guild members and student poet winners of the annual poetry contest at the Guilford High School will read poems inspired by Guilford’s past, present, and envisioned future. There will be no open mic for this event. The evening will culminate with the naming of the first Town of Guilford Poet Laureate. This program is part of the series commemorating the 375th anniversary of Guilford.