West Hollywood Celebrates National Poetry Month, Throughout April

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Throughout April, the City of West Hollywood, through WeHo Arts, will celebrate National Poetry Month with events, readings, a writing workshop, and more, curated by West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Kim Dower.

Banners featuring lines of verse from celebrated poets will be displayed on lampposts on Santa Monica and San Vicente Boulevards. Two new banners featuring poets selected by Dower, Erica Jong, and Richard Blanco, will join those selected by former West Hollywood City Poet Steven Reigns.

In addition, posters featuring Dower's new collaborative poem, weaved together from lines submitted by residents and visitors to West Hollywood, "I Sing the Body West Hollywood," will be displayed throughout the City.

Posters will be distributed for free at the West Hollywood Library, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard, and at West Hollywood City Hall, located at 8300 Santa Monica Boulevard.

For more information, please visit www.weho.org/residents/poetry-... or contact Mike Che, Arts Coordinator, at mche@weho.org.

-- News release from the city of West Hollywood. Courtesy photo