Join Alamance County Public Libraries (ACPL), the Burlington Writer’s Club (BWC) and Alamance Arts as we celebrate National Poetry Month with the Alamance County Poetry Stroll 2024!
The poems will be displayed at the following businesses from April 1-30. We want you to vote on your favorite poems by clicking the graphic to the right, or clicking on this link.
We’ve had several requests to share with everyone where each poet’s poems are residing for this month! See the list below!
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
