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Grades K-2 Craft Story Time
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3rd and 4th Grade Book Club
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5th and 6th Grade Book Club
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T-shirt Totes
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Joyce Kilmer: New Jersey Poet and Morristown Teacher
Although many travelers know of Joyce Kilmer from the rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike, avid readers and poetry enthusiasts know the Mahwah resident for his enduring poetry.
The exhibition will be on view in the Library’s second level, F.M. Kirby Gallery from July 5 through September 18, 2014. Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) and his family lived in Mahwah, N.J. from 1912 to 1916, where he wrote his famous “Trees” poem on February 2nd, 1913 in his office/bedroom overlooking a hill of trees. At the time, he worked for The New York Times and also penned other memorable poems there, including “The House With Nobody In it,” “Memorial Day,” and “Mount Houvenkopf.” Many people are not aware of his Morristown connections, however. After graduating from Columbia University and getting married in 1908, Kilmer moved to "an amiable house" in Morristown, and began his first fulltime job as a Latin teacher in Morristown High School, then housed in the Maple Avenue School building. His first child, Kenton, was born in Morristown on March 3, 1909. Successful in academics, he received a number of job offers, including several principal jobs, but decided upon a literary life and after a year, moved to New York City and later to Mahwah. Bio
Refreshments will be served. This exhibition and program is supported by the Friends of the Morristown & Morris Township Library.
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