Cheramie Henagan was ready for the crowd that never showed for the Thanksgiving Potluck Poetry Reading planned for Tuesday at the Kathleen McIlwain Gautier City Library.
Henagan, library youth services director, said the poetry reading was established to be a continuing event meant to offer patrons extra activities at the library.
"We've been having this once a month poetry reading since April, which was National Poetry Month," she said. "We've had young people, college students and older people. We've had people of all ages. Lately, the poetry readings have been well-attended."
She suspected the lack of attendance at the Gautier library for the Thanksgiving reading was due to the number of holiday events during the week, including Tuesday's bow making class at the Pascagoula library, and a photography lecture at the train depot in Pascagoula.
"I've always been a poetry lover," said Henagan. "Most people who do come have their own poetry. Those who don't, I always have books for them.
"We just have different things each month, or I try to come up with different things," she said.
The poetry reading for Christmas will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dec. 21, and will include decoration of the holiday tree.
"The public can come in and bring their own ornaments to decorate the tree," said Henagan.
"We try to do a lot of poetry here to let people know they have a library," she said.
The Gautier Public Library provides refreshments for the monthly poetry readings.
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