LAKEPORT, Calif. – To celebrate National Poetry Month, Lake County poets K. C. Patrick, Lourdes Thuesen, Joyce Andrews, Richard Schmidt and Lucy Byard will read from their works at the Lakeport branch of Lake County Library located at 1425 N. High St.

The public is invited to the free program on Wednesday, April 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information call the library at 707-263-8817.

Since 1996 the Academy of American Poets, or AAP, has celebrated National Poetry Month to promote and recognize the place of poetry in the national culture.

To learn more about AAP and National Poetry Month, visit https://www.poets.org .

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

Jan Cook is a technician at the Lake County Library.