People with a gift for verse orthe paintbrush are combining their talents for a “Painted Poetry” exhibit this month and September at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City. Coordinated by poet Sue Cummings and painter Carol Freas, the exhibit features the works of 16 poets and 16 painters.

“We matched a painter and a poet and had them work together,” said Cummings, who coordinates the monthly Poet’s Studio at the branch.