The Lake Is Mother to Us All The 2024 Kenosha Poet Laureate Project celebrating Lake Michigan with poetry contributions from the community |
Our project uses poetry to celebrate the relationship between the people of Wisconsin (Kenosha County in particular) and Lake Michigan. The lake is a fundamental presence and inspiration to those of us living by her shores. Poetry is a powerful medium we can use to express thoughts and memories of the lake, as well as those ineffable feelings and longings such a natural wonder evokes in many of us. With this project we will discover the power of poetry to connect us to our world, enriching our lives in the process.
- Christopher Kolon, Kenosha Poet Laureate 2023/24
Summer 2024
Poems are displayed in shop windows downtown and throughout Kenosha. We have enlisted the participation of community poets and local artists to create beautiful poetic displays on windows of shops whose owners have agreed to participate in the project. More events and opportunities to participate are coming! Please check back.
Downtown Kenosha Business Support
We invite local business owners to participate in the project by giving permission for poems to be displayed in their shop windows during the 2024 summer season. Your business will be promoted on this website. Participating Businesses:: Blue House Books, Lemon Street Gallery, Peacetree Originals, The Kenosha Public Museum, The Kenosha Civil War Museum, Sandy's Poppers, Modern Apothecary, Gordon's, Rustic Road Brewery, SJ Crystal's Mens Shop, Frank's Diner, Eastview Coffee, Kenosha Creative Space, House of Nutrition, Alpaca Art, Mike Bjorn's, Pacetti Music, Equinox, Smarty's Sweets and Treats, Kenosha Tap House, Public Craft Brewing, The Wild Goose Exchange, Sherwood Forest Meats, Vintage Underground, Nature's Gallery. Interested in hosting a poem at your business, please contact us! Thank you to Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf and the Woodrow Hall Jumpstart Awards for their financial support.Project chapbook available at the Modern Apothecary, Lemon Street Gallery and Blue House Books in Kenosha. The chapbook will be available at the Kenosha Book Festival on June 23. Watch this space as new locations are announced.
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Angel of Lake Michigan
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