Mary L. Blood Memorial Library’s Community Poetry Book
To celebrate poetry month, the library launched a project to publish a poetry book containing the poetry and artwork of West Windsor residents and students. Submissions were collected from April - June, and publication is planned for the late fall of 2026.
Theme
In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, our theme is Community.
This is interpreted loosely. Community could mean place, friendship, family, solidarity, symbiosis with the natural world, activism, collectivism, hope, the future, humanity, social communities, spiritual communities, diversity, animal communities, or anything else that means community to you.
Publication Details
This book will be published and will be available for sale. Any and all proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Mary L. Blood Memorial Library.
All authors will retain rights over their poems and are free to submit or publish them elsewhere. This book is about community, the craft of poetry, and fun!
Who is sponsoring this?
The Library staff and the Friends of the Mary L. Blood Memorial Library will be working together on this project. Individuals in both groups have previous publishing and illustration experience and will lend that expertise to this project. The Friends will manage any proceeds, and will try to prioritize those funds for the library’s poetry collection and literary events.
Questions?
Questions can be directed to Liz or Penny at westwindsorpoetry@gmail.com