MATTHEWS, N.C. -- During National Poetry Month celebrated annually in April, Wyatt Dunn, Mayor of Stallings, North Carolina issued a Mayoral Proclamation recognizing this literary commemoration on behalf of the town. Mayor Dunn officially acknowledged how poetry is an essential part of the arts and humanities in the town and state, as he joined mayors from various towns and cities throughout North Carolina, at the kind request from Poet Kym Gordon Moore.
The Academy of American Poets inaugurated National Poetry Month in 1996, which is celebrated every April in the United States. Schools, libraries, publishers, booksellers and poets throughout the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Individuals and organizations participate through readings, book displays, festivals, workshops and other poetry-related events to commemorate a genre that is reviving itself as a viable contributor to the development of creativity, awareness and education around the nation.
The Town of Stallings co-hosted the 2014 Earth and Arbor Day Festival held on Saturday April 26, with the neighboring town of Indian Trail. The festival included a poetry contest for elementary students, a poster contest for middle school students and a photo contest for high school students. The poetry contest was open to students from Indian Trail and Stallings elementary schools, and students read their poems at the festival in honor of National Poetry Month. The winners of all three contests were announced at the festival, and all photo and poster entries were on display during the event. “We’re doing children’s handprints with an Earth Day poem going in the middle of the mural this year,” noted Dena Sabinske, Stallings’s Parks and Recreation Director. “It’s a good way to get everybody involved.” Mayor Dunn is an advocate for the creative arts that inspire and influences musicians, dancers, visual artists, theatre performers and poetry lovers in the community. To learn more about the arts and cultural events that the Town of Stallings has to offer, visit http://www.stallingsnc.org/.
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