Outdoor inspiration: Land Bank seeks entries for poetry trail

Published 1:11 pm Thursday, February 12, 2015

What inspires you to get outside? Can that inspiration be put into words?

If so, then the San Juan County Land Bank would like to hear from you.

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, as well as National Poetry Month, the Land Bank is seeking nature-themed poems for a poetry trail.

The Land Bank, along with its partners, San Juan Island Library, San Juan Island National Historical Park, the Trails Committee, Lime Kiln Point State Park, and Friends of Lime Kiln Society (F.O.L.K.S.), will display poems along trails through the Land Bank’s Limekiln and Deadman Bay preserves, Lime Kiln Point State Park, and at American Camp in the month of April.

Poems can be anything from haiku to rhyming to free verse, original work or a favorite published author, but must be 14 lines or less, due to layout restrictions; all ages welcome.

Poems can be dropped off (printed on 8 ½ x 11 paper) at the library front desk or emailed to clacher@sjlib.org. Poems must have name of the author and title in order to be accepted. Original works are encouraged.

Deadline for submissions is Saturday, Feb. 21; a maximum of 30 poems will be chosen.

For more, call Tanja Williamson, Land Bank outreach/volunteer coordinator, 360-370-7655.