The Lake Is Mother to Us All The 2024 Kenosha Poet Laureate Project celebrating 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 (May to September)
Poems will be displayed in shop windows downtown. We will enlist the participation of local artists, or art students, to paint these poems (or display printed copies) 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 will be promoted on this website. Interested in hosting a poem at your business, please contact us! Project chapbook available at the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets [WFOP] conference April 26-27 and at the Kenosha Book Festival on April 28. Watch this space as new locations are announced.
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Angel of Lake Michigan
by Missy Isely-Poltrock www.lemonstreetgallery.org/missy-isely-poltrock.html www.instagram.com/missy1111girl/ www.redbubble.com/people/pigwingsangel |