If you're a poet, we want to know it!
Open Mic Poetry Night
Join us to celebrate Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day!
Friday 23 August 2019, Paraparaumu Library, 5.30 – 6.30pm.
We will mark the day with an open mic session, where anyone is welcome to read their poems to a live audience, and hear poems read aloud from other poets
This will be followed by an announcement of the Kāpiti Coast District Libraries 7th Annual poetry competition "If you’re a poet we want to know it!" prize winners, and presentation of prizes. The winning poems will be read aloud also.
Download a free copy of previous years Annual Poetry eBooks .
If You're a Poet, We Want to Know it! 2018 Volume 6 - Food for Thought Haiku
If You're a Poet, We want to Know it! 2017 Volume 5 - Kāpiti Haiku
If You're a Poet, We Want to Know it! 2016 Volume 4 - Matariki
If You're a Poet, We Want to Know it! 2015 Volume 3 - Laugh Out Loud
If You're a Poet, We Want to Know it! 2014 Volume 2 - War & Peace
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