Thank you to the businesses and poets who participated in this year’s Poetry Stroll! We will be hosting a reception on Saturday, May 11 from 2-4 p.m. at Alamance Arts for the poets. The public is invited as well to stroll around the room and see the poems all in one place.
Burlington
The Blend & Co. – Reflective Narrator by Cheryl Wilder
Boston Sandwich Shop – Deer in the Forest by Kimberly Price
Burlington Beer Works – Allison’s Poem by Wendy Dembeck
Burlington Food Hall – Spring Love by Eleanor Scheible and Loss by Mason Sanford
Burlington Nutrition – Her Legacy by Kay Andrews
Christmas Cheer – My Peepaw by Lylah Croston
DJ’s Bakes and Bites – Into the Woods by Karen Watts
The Glass Angel – Sweet (and I Smile) by C. Hope Littleton
Impact Alamance – Crystalize by Lee Goodman
and Father by Shelby Goudy
Lowe Vintage Instrument Company – Anxiety by Gordon B
Main Street Vinyl – Morning by Kristy Mabe
May Memorial Library – My Grandmother’s House by Mandy Campbell Moore and Nanosecond by Brenda Wilson
Miles of Sweetness – Calendar in Reverse by Mandy Campbell Moore
Multiverse – Morning Joe by Christine Nygren
North Park Library – Origami Folds by Tammy Shropshire
Owl & Rabbit Gallery – Kaleidoscope by Kathia
Persnickety Books – i want to be like fire by Mtende Roll
Pink & Fierce – Webs of Resilience by Dominique Day Hunter
Tanners Wine Bar – Life’s Journey by Denise Saletta
United Way of Alamance County – I am there – think of me by Francie Stirling
Wayne’s Attic – Sunday Drivers by Jamie Everhart
Wildflower on Main – Luna by Rhea Wisterman
Elon
Pandora’s Pies – When the Time is Ripe by Lauren Farris
The Root – Wander Lost by Debra McCusker
Simply Oak – Dreamer’s Dream by Lee Goodman
Tangent Eat + Bar – Poem of 2020 by Elizabeth Solzazzo
Graham
64 Harvard – A Message from the Earth by Emma Kingsley-Jones and Reverse Depression Poem by Kiera Swift
Alamance Arts – Lady in the Night by Gordon B
America’s Matress – Daffodil by Francie Stirling
The Broom Closet – The Sun and the Lamp by Laura Heffley
Charm Salon – Shelter Cat by Dianna Aubin
Children’s Museum of Alamance County – It’s Fall by Cole Bowland
Court Square Florist – Vases by Aliyah Evans
Graham Public Library – A Drinkin’ Man by Keith Lute and A Glimpse of Glory by Susan Maxon
Little Blessings Consignment – Beads Galore by San Griffin
Little Brother Brewing Co. – Ode to Eau by Matthew Kerr
The Main Line – Dreaming in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Cole-Turner
O. V. Yonder’s – Cormorant Alchemy by Christine Nygren
Press Coffee and Crepes – Salt by Cecelia Vassar
Rhiannon Benesch Licensed Massage Therapist – 2020 in the Rearview by Debra McCusker
Sandy & Company – North Carolina Seashore by Cheryl Wilder
Skids 2 – Truth by Jamie Everhart
Sutton’s Drug Store – Change by Brenda Wilson
Things Above – Good News by Bridgett Inks
The Verdict on the Square – Operation by Stephanie Phipps
Whit’s Custard – She Flies on the Breeze by Kristy Mabe
Green Level
Green Level Community Center – when i was a little girl by Mtende Roll
Haw River
Rambling River Mercantile – Homemaker by Jenn Croston
Victorian Coffee Shop – The Love of Birdwatching by Zadie Smith
Mebane
Action Travel, Inc./Clay Street Antiques – The Core by Tammy Shropshire
Clay Street Printing & Signs – Nature’s Lullaby by Amanda Gillespie
Crafted: Art of the Taco – Innocence in Colors by Amanda Gillespie
Curious Peddler – George Washington Hall – Papa by Kay Andrews
Eclectic Emporium – Yesterday’s Remembrance by Jean Bailey Robor
Go Girl Shoppe – Treading by Aliyah Evans
Grit and Grace – Her by Rhea Wisterman
Hen Feathers at The Elegant Relic – To My Little Belly by Elizabeth Solazzo
Impulsive Creativity Ni:Ska Hahe by Dominique Daye Hunter
La Boardega – Bigger Picture by Tina Buck
Little Shops of Mebane – Charting the Course by Wendy Dembeck
Lou’s Bakery – Life’s Locomotion by Kathia
Mebane Public Library – Wildflowers by Susan Maxon and Watering Can by Cecelia Vassar
Solgarden – To Be a Mother by Aaliyah Jones
Saxapahaw
Cup 22/Haw River Ballroom – Ode to Joe by Matthew Kerr
The Pop Shoppe – Cicada Daze 2024 by Ed Cockerell
Saxapahaw General Store – Beside the Haw River by Rebecca Cole-Turner
