Poetry can be called an esoteric art for but what homeowner can’t relate to Alan Dugan’s Love Song: I and Thou

Nothing is plumb, level, or square:

the studs are bowed, the joists

are shaky by nature, no piece fits

any other piece without a gap

or pinch, and bent nails

dance all over the surfacing

like maggots. By Christ

I am no carpenter.

This is the beginning of one of seven compositions by Massachusetts poets that are part of a statewide discussion during National Poetry Month — and the discussion moves to Vineyard Haven Public Library on Tuesday, April 19, with another on Wednesday, April 27, both at 7 p.m.

The genesis is Common Threads, a program of MassPoetry.org that seeks to have 10,000 people in the state read seven poems in the month of April.

On the Vineyard, Michael West and Clark Myers will lead a discussion of the poems and all are welcome. The seven poems and discussion questions are available online at masspoetry.org/commonthreads.

The poems are also on display in the library’s display case.

This article has been changed from the original to correct the dates.