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April is National Poetry Month, and all over the South Sound, writers will be rhymin’ and readin’ their swirl of stanzas.

I’m running a list in tomorrow’s today's print and online versions of the Weekly Volcano.

Below are the events taking place at the Tacoma Art Museum. They’re all about poetry in April, too. In honor of National Poetry Month in April, visitors are encouraged to write poems inspired by landscapes on view in Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett. A notebook for visitor-written poems will be available in the gallery during the month of April.

Thursday, April 17
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In recognition of National Poetry Month, the Tacoma Art Museum’s free Third Thursday Art Walk program offers a variety of fun, poetry- and literacy-related programs for all ages.

4:30-6:30 p.m.
Word Travels
Jason Lee Middle School students present their artwork and poetry.

6-8 p.m.
Word Up!
Teens perform spoken word poetry, enjoy free food, listen to live music, and create artwork.

And don’t forget A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman on exhibit, too.