Nerdy Post

This month, part of my wonderful job at the library is having the honor of creating a poetry tree, a "PoeTree," to cover one of the ugly cement columns. Each leaf on the "PoeTree" holds a poem, and the kids are supposed to decorate their own leaves with poems and smiley faces and whatnot. April is National Poetry month, and being the nerd that I am, I eagerly volunteered to tackle the poetry displays, PoeTree, and suggested having a poetry open mike. The open mike is themed, a "Beatnik Cafe," where hot chocolate will be served as the kids read their poems and the audience snaps their fingers instead of clapping.

This is the "Before" picture - ugly brown paper.



The back of my head as I sketch, while my co-worker taking the picture scolds, "turn around and show your face!" Me: "no!"



Mid project - half finished braches droop sadly



And done! Tacking the 50 odd poetry leaves made the week before!
(The sign on the tree explains what it is, and why it is there.)



A young patron with one shoe on comes to "help" me towards the end. When I ask her if she likes my tree, she nods and replies, "I can tie my shoe." Not the enthusiastic response I was hoping for, but cute none the less.