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 |
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| "Icarus" | Terry Babcock | FuzzyButz Pet Boutique & Bakery |
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"Shoes" |
Terry Babcock | Library |
| "Disappeared" | Libby Globensky | Library |
| "Two O'clock in the Morning" | Libby Globensky | Library |
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"Change of Heart" |
J. L Hagen | Library |
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"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 |
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"Someone Stellar" |
Naomi Wilson | Library |
| "What is a Family?" | Naomi Wilson | Forever Clean Soap Works |
| "Autumn Beckoning" | Elisa M. Broihier | Chartreuse Art Gallery |
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"Ecdysis" |
Pen Campbell | Library |
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"TIMING" |
Pen Campbell | DK Boutique |
| "How trees grow" | Jenifer Cartland | Library |
| "A pantoum to my 28-year-old son" | Jenifer Cartland | State Street Stuff |
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"LIVE BY THE LAKE" |
Mary Czarnecki | Library |
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"I HATE CHANGE" |
Mary Czarnecki | Library |
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"Afterdeath" |
Terri Doezema | Library |
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"Stones" |
Terri Doezema | Library |
| "Torpor" | Carson Evans | Baroda Founders Tasting Room |
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"The Photographer at Work" |
CJ Giroux | Lana's Boutique |
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"Orange, Surprise" |
CJ Giroux | Library |
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"Frayed and Torn" |
Gay Halseth | St. Joe Today |
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"Bipolar Betty" |
Gay Halseth | Library |
| "Journey of Time" | Nancy Hibiske-Reed | FuzzyButz Pet Boutique & Bakery |
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"Haiku for Horatio" |
Michael R. Hill | Forever Books |
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"A week before Christmas" |
Dan Holt | Library |
| "Change is hard here" | Dan Holt | City Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"A Season's End" |
Sam Singler | Oh My Darlings |
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"I Wish for You" |
Claudia Staude | Library |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"Bird Story" |
Jan Wiezorek | Evermore Juice Bar |
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"It Was the Late 1900s" |
Shari Wiltfong | State Street Stuff |
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"I Sing of a Rip Current" |
Janice Zerfas | Library |
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"My Mother's Sunday Coat" |
Janice Zerfas | Library |
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