{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Corbin Library will be 'Where I'm From' organizer for Whitley County &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sdqZhMrqew\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-library-will-im-organizer-whitley\/\">Corbin Library will be &#8216;Where I&#8217;m From&#8217; organizer for Whitley County<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/corbin-library-will-im-organizer-whitley\/embed\/#?secret=sdqZhMrqew\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Corbin Library will be &#8216;Where I&#8217;m From&#8217; organizer for Whitley County&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"sdqZhMrqew\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Lyon, Kentucky poet laureate for 2015-16, is using \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d as the central theme of a project that will touch all 120 of Kentucky\u2019s counties. Corbin Public Library has agreed to be the \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d organizer for Whitley County, and will be collecting submissions of \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d poems to be included on the Kentucky Arts Council\u2019s \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d Web page. Poems may be submitted as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF documents. Don\u2019t panic! A \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d poem is just a memory poem written by those of us who live here, and a memory poem isn\u2019t as difficult as you may think. A \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d memory poem is simply a list of what\u2019s important to you. Go to George Ella Lyon\u2019s website to see a copy of her \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d poem to get an idea of how the poem might be. The project idea came about as Lyon was mapping out her mission as poet laureate for the next two years. \u201cWhen I tried to think what I might contribute as poet laureate that goes beyond visiting schools, I thought of my poem \u2018Where I\u2019m From,\u2019 which has been used so widely as a writing model,\u201d Lyon said. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten poems from all over the world and I thought \u2018wouldn\u2019t it be fascinating to have a poem from every county in Kentucky.\u2019\u201d Lyon hopes the project sparks creativity among all Kentuckians. \u201cThere are multigenerational possibilities. There wouldn\u2019t just be poetry from high school or college students, but people in senior centers, nursing homes, other adults, a multitude of voices,\u201d Lyon said. \u201cIt gives the opportunity for a community to have celebration of poetry, and gives an opportunity for all those voices to express themselves about their places and people.\u201d \u201cI am hopeful that many people of all ages in Whitley County will take advantage of this opportunity to document where they\u2019re from which will be specifically different for each and yet the same. This is a wonderful memory project and I am grateful to George Ella Lyon for the idea.\u201d Diane Mitchell, Friends of Corbin Library member who will be working with the library on the project. The deadline for submitting poems to be considered for the \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d Web page is March 7 but poems will be accepted until a later date for the April display. For more information on the \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d project see \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201dProject web page: http:\/\/artscouncil.ky.gov\/KentuckyArt\/WhereFromAbout.htm \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201dpoem: http:\/\/www.georgeellalyon.com\/where.html"}