Clair Dunlap News Today

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System is offering several opportunities for teens in seventh- through 12th-grade to take part in fun activities and to help shape future events at the library.

When Jaiden Dokken learned in late February that they had been selected Clallam County’s inaugural poet laureate, the Sequim artist did not wait until the role’s official start date of April 1 to start thinking about a plan for engaging the community through poetry.

Free activities scheduled around the county

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County’s first poet laureate will be inaugurated on Tuesday.

“Clallam County influences my poetry in the same way that this place influences who I love,” said Jaiden Dokken, Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate.

April is National Poetry Month and the North Olympic Library System is offering several opportunities to celebrate — through Poetry Walks in Olympic National Park, the inauguration of the first Clallam County Poet Laureate, and a virtual book discussion group featuring poetry.

Nature-theme poems offered beginning Saturday

Poetry Walks, an experience designed by North Olympic Library System (NOLS) in partnership with Olympic National Park, offers nature-themed poems placed in inspiring locations along five Olympic National Park trails from April 1-May 31.

Authors set readings at Sequim gallery

Inauguration in April