PoemCity Anthology 2023
PoemCity Anthology 2023
Kellogg-Hubbard Library / Vermont Poets
April 18, 2023
“PoemCity is a feast that I like to savor.”
–Cynthia Liepmann, Middlesex
2023 IPNE Award Finalist, Poetry
Release Date: April 18, 2023
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57869-137-1
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023933587
Booksellers and Libraries: Order Here.
SYNOPSIS
PoemCity Anthology 2023 is a collection of poems featured in PoemCity, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s annual celebration of National Poetry Month during the month of April. These poems by Vermonters of all ages were part of the walkable display showcased in the windows of businesses in downtown Montpelier, Vermont. Learn more at www.kellogghubbard.org/poemcity.
All proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Kellogg-Hubbard Library (a 501c3) and supports future PoemCity programming. We thank you for your support!
PRAISE
“A beautiful representation and celebration of art, community, and life in all its glory and its disappointments, the book itself mirroring that initial artful presentation, itself a town of voices to wander through.”
–2023 IPNE Book Awards Judge
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“PoemCity is like a garden in mid winter, flowers breaking through the snow. I am proud to have seen some of those blooms.”
–Philip Coleman, South Burlington
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“As a poet, I am inspired by the world and my place within it. I believe poetry is an artform that is inextricable from everyday existence, a tool and mode of personal expression that creates and strengthens relations and understanding between all things. I am naturally looking forward to encountering other local poets and enjoying their work.”
–Deven Valliere, Sharon
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“I look forward to PoemCity every year! So many friends have been included over the years and I love how it integrates poetry into the everyday.”
–Meg Reynolds, Burlington
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“I really put a lot of work into this poem and I hope you like it. I'm looking forward to this PoemCity because I am really connected to lots of different types of poetry and I’m excited to see lots of unique and new types of poems.”
–Lydia M. Bearsch, age ten, Main Street Middle School, Montpelier
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“PoemCity is a wonderful event offering a chance for poets living in Vermont, published and not, to appear side by side on window fronts in Montpelier.”
–Deb Franzoni, Castleton
Reviews & In the News
Montpelier Bridge, May 17, 2023: Poetry for the People: PoemCity Anthology 2023
AP News, April 19, 2023: Vermont capital springs to life through poetry each April
MEET THE “AUTHOR”
The Kellogg-Hubbard Library (KHL) is the organizer of this anthology and the PoemCity event, among other programming. They are a 501c3 nonprofit that serves as the public library for six communities in central Vermont. KHL has operated continuously as a library since 1895, with only brief interruptions for a polio epidemic in 1917, the Spanish Flu in 1918, the great flood of 1927, the Flood of 1992, and the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. The Senator Patrick J. Leahy Wing was added in 2001. KHL currently serves the City of Montpelier and the Towns of Berlin, Calais, East Montpelier, Middlesex and Worcester. Learn more at www.kellogghubbard.org.