LAKEPORT, Calif. – April is National Poetry Month and as part of the celebration the public is invited to a free poetry reading on Wednesday, April 26.

The reading will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lakeport branch of Lake County Library, located at 1425 N. High St.

Lake County poets Lourdes Thuesen, a writer and editor, and J. Kelly Anderson, who just published her second chapbook of poetry called “Backroads,” will be sharing their poetry in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Following the featured poets, the program will be opened to all guests to share their poetry.

The Academy of American Poets Web site states that “National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.”

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information about the program please call 707-263-8817.

The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary .

Jan Cook is a staffer at the Lake County Library.