Favorite Poem Project in Ukiah

The National

Favorite Poem Project

Returns to Ukiah!

Call for Submissions

Do you have a favorite poem that has touched you or has affected your life deeply, one you would like to share with the community?

The Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah invites you to submit your all-time favorite poem. Fifteen poems will be selected from these entries. If your poem is chosen, you will be invited to participate in a public reading to be held on Friday, October 15, 2010.

The poem must be by an author other than yourself, your friends, or relatives. It should be a poem you have read, perhaps many times, and to which you feel a personal attachment. While there are no length requirements, very short or very long poems are not likely to be selected

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Submission forms can be picked up and dropped off at:

Ukiah Public Library, 105 North Main Street, Ukiah

Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah

Submissions can also be mailed to:

Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee, P.O. Box 865, Ukiah, CA 95482

Postmark deadline for submissions: Thursday, September 23, 2010

Community Reading of the Favorite Poem Project

Friday, October 15, 2010, 7 pm, Grace Hudson Museum

43 South Main Street, Ukiah, CA 95482,

Suggested donation $3 per person, $5 per family

A project co-produced by the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah and Ukiah Players Theatre, www.favoritepoem.org

For information, contact: ukiah.laureate@mcn.org or call Theresa Whitehill at 707 462-4557

Sharon Louisa Cantrall

I only met her once about a month ago. She and her partner were checking out books and she introduced herself.
We talked libraries - and dogs - She told me she had been the Librarian. I said I was really glad to meet her. She was part of what made this Library. I am sorry I did not meet her before.

Now she is gone. A Celebration of her Life will be held this Sunday, August 15, 2010 at the Saturday Afternoon Club at 11 a.m.

Why audio books

My parents always read to me. Fairy tales, mythology, mostly where my father was concerned it was what interested him. Still I loved it. "Reading" a book by listening to it is a necessity to me.
The hour a day I spend commuting is spent listening to a book. Very often books I would not have time to read in the evening. I love audio books. I remember the storylines better. Occasionally I will listen to one a second time.

So why audio books. Well I always say that I can tell a kid who reads above her grade level. She knows the words but not always how to pronouce them. Listening to a wonderful reader, you just absorb pronounciation, cadence, the whole language. Studies have shown that kids with dyslexia and other learning disabilities are often severely disadvantaged in school. Leonardo da Vinci, George Patton, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Henry Ford, W.B. Yeats and many many more were dyslexic. We do not know what efforts were necessary for them to compensate. We do know studies show that listening to audio books allows struggling students to advance and advanced students to soar.

The Mendocino County Library is dedicated to reading. We offer books, books on cassette, books on cd and downloadable books with only a Mendocino County Library card. Check out our catalog at http:www.mendolibrary.org
Then choose the search catalog tab on the left.
Then choose the advanced search tab above.
Choose a subject, an author, keywords and then limit below to books on cassette or cd.

Scroll down our front page until you come to Downloadable Audiobooks.
Download the necessary software.
Choose iPod or MP3 format. You then download to your computer and upload to your players.

There are also sites where you may download free audio books.
AudioBooksforFree.com
Librevox.org
ProjectGutenberg
Literalsystems.org

I am told on iTunes, there is a section called iTunesU (University) where you can download lectures. My friend was listening to a history lecture given by a professor from Stanford.
Free I am told. Check it out!

Eliza