"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words." -Edgar Allan Poe

Create your own poetical rhythm by submitting a Michigan Haiku to earn your My Mitten On-the-Scene badge. Find the submission form on the spinner rack in our Connect Your Summer Command Center. If you need some poetical inspiration, browse the nonfiction shelves between 808 and 812.

Your finished haiku can be submitted in the drop box in the CYS Command Center. Don't forget to include your email address. All prize drawing winners will be notified by email.

Check www.cantonpl.org/connect-your-summer to find more ways to earn badges. The final day to earn badges is Wednesday, August 17.