2026 Downtown Poetry Walk

2026 Downtown Poetry Walk

 

Take a walk in our beautiful downtown this April in celebration of

National Poetry Month!

 

Thank you to all who have submitted their works. View our Michigan Submission Map

to see where they all came from. 

 

Use the table below to find poem title, poet, and location information. 

All locations are available on our Downtown Poetry Walk Map.

 

Poem Title Poet Name Location
"Icarus" Terry Babcock FuzzyButz Pet Boutique & Bakery

"Shoes"

Terry Babcock Library
"Disappeared" Libby Globensky Library
"Two O'clock in the Morning" Libby Globensky Library

"Change of Heart"

J. L Hagen Library

"Fire in the Woods"

J. L Hagen Lana's Boutique
"Cabin Sky Wonder"  Elizabeth Kerlikowske DK Boutique
"Midwest Living" Elizabeth Kerlikowske Library
"Hip to Hip" Margaret Krusinga Baroda Founders Tasting Room
"friends at the end of the winter" Mike Merucci Library
"Grandpa in Summer" Mike Merucci City Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning

"Someone Stellar"

Naomi Wilson Library
"What is a Family?" Naomi Wilson Forever Clean Soap Works
"Autumn Beckoning" Elisa M. Broihier Chartreuse Art Gallery

"Ecdysis"

Pen Campbell Library

"TIMING"

Pen Campbell DK Boutique
"How trees grow" Jenifer Cartland Library
"A pantoum to my 28-year-old son" Jenifer Cartland State Street Stuff

"LIVE BY THE LAKE"

Mary Czarnecki Library

"I HATE CHANGE"

Mary Czarnecki Library

"Afterdeath"

Terri Doezema Library

"Stones"

Terri Doezema Library
"Torpor" Carson Evans Baroda Founders Tasting Room

"The Photographer at Work"

CJ Giroux Lana's Boutique

"Orange, Surprise"

CJ Giroux Library

"Frayed and Torn"

Gay Halseth St. Joe Today

"Bipolar Betty"

Gay Halseth Library
"Journey of Time" Nancy Hibiske-Reed FuzzyButz Pet Boutique & Bakery

"Haiku for Horatio"

Michael R. Hill Forever Books

"A week before Christmas"

Dan Holt Library
"Change is hard here" Dan Holt City Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning

"Bad Poetry"

Christina Kelly Edgewater Gifts
"From the Bottom" Jeanne Lesinski Jewelfire Diamond Center
"Fast Break" Jeanne Lesinski Library
"Woods on Love Creek" Nan Lundeen Jewelfire Diamond Center

"searching for the horizon"

Nan Lundeen Library
"Walking Through the Streets of Poetry" Kim Garrison Miller Library
"Wild Turkey Hens" Janice Mordenski Library
"Budgerigar" Janice Mordenski Library
"Then and Now - Lake Bluff Park" Renate Pennington Gallery on the Alley
"Lake Bluff Park" Renate Pennington Library
"Hometown" Linda Rosenthal

Kilwin's Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop

(please go inside for viewing)

"Maids of the Mist" Linda Rosenthal Library

"A Season's End"

Sam Singler Oh My Darlings

"I Wish for You"

Claudia Staude Library

"Works in Progress"

Claudia Staude Full of Crepe
"Minnows and manatees" Carrie Sweeney Ladyfish
"Scotia" Carrie Sweeney Library
"The Book of Love" Chris Brockman Library
"Au Revoir Avoir" Chris Brockman Library

"4 Seasons"

Janet Sullivan Oh My Darlings
"Bright red watermelon" Elaine Thomopoulos Library
"Sounds" Elaine Thomopoulos Full of Crepe
"The View From My Kitchen Window On Thanksgiving Morning" Elizabeth Timmerman Library
"Stained Glass" Elizabeth Timmerman Gallery on the Alley
"Love Gone Long" Rose N. Warner Library
"FORGIVENESS" Rose N. Warner Forever Clean Soap Works

"Bird Story"

Jan Wiezorek Evermore Juice Bar

"It Was the Late 1900s"

Shari Wiltfong State Street Stuff

"I Sing of a Rip Current"

Janice Zerfas Library

"My Mother's Sunday Coat"

Janice Zerfas Library

 

Thank you to our Poetry Walk Sponsors:

   Ladyfish