File #: 24-A-046    Version: Name:
Type: Awards and Recognition Status: Received
File created: 4/11/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/17/2024 Final action: 4/17/2024
Title: RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF APRIL AS "NATIONAL POETRY MONTH" - POET LAUREATE, TYNEISHA THOMAS Mayor Nuttall announced that Poet Laureate would be reciting a poem in recognition of National Poetry Month for the month of April, 2024. Mayor Nuttall introduced Tyneisha Thomas as the Poet Laureate and invited her to the podium to recite her poem. Ms. Thomas commented that National Poetry Month was established in 1998 by the League of Canadian Poets, and that National Poetry month takes place every April. She stated that Weather is the theme of the 2024 National Poetry Month. Ms. Thomas recited her poem written in recognition of National Poetry Month attached as "Appendix "A" to City Council minutes dated April 17, 2024. Mayor Nuttall thanked Ms. Thomas for attending the Council meeting and for providing a poem highlighting her skills and talents and making the City proud.

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RECOGNITION OF THE MONTH OF APRIL AS "NATIONAL POETRY MONTH" - POET LAUREATE, TYNEISHA THOMAS

 

Mayor Nuttall announced that Poet Laureate would be reciting a poem in recognition of National Poetry Month for the month of April, 2024.

 

Mayor Nuttall introduced Tyneisha Thomas as the Poet Laureate and invited her to the podium to recite her poem.

 

Ms. Thomas commented that National Poetry Month was established in 1998 by the League of Canadian Poets, and that National Poetry month takes place every April. She stated that Weather is the theme of the 2024 National Poetry Month.

 

Ms. Thomas recited her poem written in recognition of National Poetry Month attached as “Appendix “A” to City Council minutes dated April 17, 2024. 

 

Mayor Nuttall thanked Ms. Thomas for attending the Council meeting and for providing a poem highlighting her skills and talents and making the City proud.