The Woonsocket Harris Public Library is proud to present our annual poetry contest. April is National Poetry Month and every year the library holds a contest to celebrate the best of local poets. Poets can enter their poems anytime in April from the 1st to the 30th. Poems can be submitted in person at the library, or by mail at Poetry Contest, Woonsocket Harris Public Library, 303 Clinton Street, 02895, or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. No more than two submissions per person. All entries from poets grades six and up must be typed. Children can take a picture of their poem and email it to us. We will also be accepting video submissions of the poet performing their poem. Please include your name, address, phone number and age category on each entry. The age groups are adult, grades 9-12, grades 6-8, grades 3-5, and K-2. Students should include name, address, phone number, school and teacher’s name.
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A federal judge is temporarily blocking President Trump's order to limit birthright citizenship. The judge also granted class-action status in the case after the Supreme Court limited the ability of judges to block orders nationwide through other means. Thursday's ruling stems from a lawsuit brought on behalf of a pregnant immigrant, immigrant parents and their infants. However, the decision only applies to infants not parents. 
