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Haiku Contest 2024

Celebrate National Poetry Month with DC Public Library! Residents ages 6 and up are invited to submit a haiku to their neighborhood library for the 2024 Haiku Contest from Apr. 1 - 30.

Novels in Verse

Novels in Verse Poetry comes in thousands of different formats from micro-poetry and haikus, to epics and novels.

Books for K-Pop Fans

K-pop has made its way beyond Korea, books involving the cultural phenomenon have become more prevalent. Start with these six young adult novels.