Presented by Marian Grudko

Wednesday, November 1
7-8 pm

Registration is required. You can register on the Pawling Library’s online calendar or contact Donald, our Adult Program Coordinator, at adult@pawlinglibrary.org. You can also register by calling our library at 845-855-3444. Thank you.

The sonnet may be the loveliest of all poetic forms. In Part I of our program, we will learn all about the sonnet form, and listen to examples by the masters William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Did you know that 20th century poet Dylan Thomas also composed sonnets? This poetic form is still used in our present day. As homework, if you wish, you may prepare your own sonnet, to be shared with us when we meet again for Part II of the program.

About our presenter: Marian Grudko is the author of Lucinda Snowdrop and Claudine: A Fairy Tale for Exceptional Grownups, co-authored with T.A. Young. Her poem, “Longing”, was selected for exhibit at Arts Mid-Hudson, as part of a juried show pairing poetry with art, sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts. Marian is known as a performer of her musical stories, and has become a global storyteller doing virtual readings and discussions in Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. She is currently working on a second Claudine book.