PoemCity Montpelier 2016 | 5 VERMONT WELCOME CENTERS

PoemCity Montpelier 2016 | 5 VERMONT WELCOME CENTERS

Poems & Locations
VERMONT WELCOME CENTERS
Williston (89S): “Lazlo’s Afternoon,” George
Longenecker, Middlesex
Guilford (91N): “Water Views,” Mary Elder
Jacobsen, North Calais
Sharon (89N): “Spilled Milk,” Sydney Lea,
Newbury
Fair Haven (RT 4W): “To Hear and Hear,”
Chard deNiord, Westminster West
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“Wood Sculpture,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier
“The Problem of Poetry,” Ralph Culver,
Burlington
“A Good Day for Birds,” George Longenecker,
Middlesex
“Spider Strand,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury
“Three Miles to Town,” Lowell VanDerlip,
Montpelier
“Springtails,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro
“Listen,” james barrett, East Burke
“Ten Below,” Molly Power, East Montpelier
“herbarium of memory,” Kelly McMahon,
Montpelier
“Letters,” Jamie Gage, Randolph
“Sonnet to Zippora,” Robert Barasch,
Plainfield
“Dreaming Spring,” Cherie Staples, East
Montpelier
“Relaxing With a Cup of Cocoa,” Rachel
Senechal, East Montpelier
AARTISTIC INK 11 Main Street
“Siren,” Chloe Viner, Plainfield
“After September 11,” Jay Wisner, Montpelier
ALLA VITA 27 State Street
“On Hearing The First Mourning Dove of
Early Spring,” Robert L. Lincoln Jr., North
Middlesex
“Hummingbird,” Maryam Sarafzadeh,
Montpelier
ANTIQUES ON MAIN 110 Main Street
“Hardware,” Michael Fleming, Brattleboro
ARTISANS HAND CRAFT GALLERY
89 Main Street
“Summer Brook,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier
“Sugaring Season,” Alice Christian, Colchester
ATHENA’S BOUTIQUE 65 Main Street
“Love,” Samuael Cubit, Jeffersonville
“3 Haiku at the Edge of the Meadow,” Cara
Armstrong, Montpelier
“Her Touch,” David Stauffer, Peacham
“Entering the Last,” Anita X. Hewman,
Montpelier
“Shamans of Earth and Sky,” Eleanor Kakar
Ott, Calais
“Measuring Up,” Allison Hedge Coke, VCFA
Alum, Oklahoma
BAGITOS CAFÉ 28 Main Street
“Haiku,” Eva Zimet, Montpelier
“Spring Walk,” Pamela Ahlen, Woodstock
“Complications from Rabies,” Rick Agran,
Worcester
“How About A Hug?” Carol Cone, Dorset
“Dark Spy,” Michelle Lesnak, Montpelier
“Persistence Hunting,” Angela Patten,
Burlington
CAPITOL COPY 32 Main Street
“At the End of the Mall in Autumn,” Stuart
Graves, South Burlington
“Modern Tech,” Virginia McShinsky, South
Royalton
BAILEY ROAD 44 Main Street
“Pocket,” Megan Buchanan, Guilford
“Twins,” Sherill Hatch, Worcester
“Thin Veil over Soft Body,” Gail Grycel,
Westminster West
CAPITOL PLAZA HOTEL 100 State Street
“Despair Seeking Form Every Fourteenth of
December,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic
“Of Farm and Fellows,” Michelle Holder,
Waterbury Center
“Warmth,” Sophia Veltrop, Montpelier
BASEMENT TEEN CENTER 39 Main Street
“My Hike to Monastery Mountain,” Rick
DeAngelis, Montpelier
BEAR POND BOOKS 77 Main Street
“Like Sea Shells and Stones,” Susan Bauchner,
Warren
“Counting Otters,” Diane Swan, Barre
“Pages and Wings,” George Longenecker,
Middlesex
“Crime and Punishment,” David Mook,
Poultney
“The Gift,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West
“Bird Ode Vs. Timid Poet,” Sandra
Maccarrone, Johnson
“Tail-End of Mourning,” Lizzy Fox, Burlington
BIRCHGROVE BAKING 279 Elm Street
“April’s Cream Scones,” April Ossmann, West
Windsor
“My Mother’s Cookbook,” Sylvia Relation,
Barre Town
“August,” Elliot Carr, Moretown
“Gratefulness,” George Mathon, West Danville
THE BOOK GARDEN 50 State Street
“The Price of the Ticket,” Merry Gangemi,
Woodbury
“Poems gathering on a page to stay warm,”
Phyllis Larrabee, Greensboro
BOTANICA FLORALS 10 State Street
“Come Listen,” Mary Scriber, Manchester
“Return of the Orchid,” Carla Occaso, East
Montpelier
BUCH SPIELER 27 Langdon Street
“MEMORY #1,” J.M. Powell, Williston
CAPITAL REGION VISITORS CENTER
134 State Street
“Wood Ballet Piece,” Whit Dall, Montpelier
“Crossing the Lake at Dawn That First
Morning,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury
“Keep the Love Growing,” Carol Collins, South
Duxbury
CAPITOL GROUNDS 27 State Street
“The Quiet Dead,” Alexis Lathem, Richmond
“I Was Like OMG,” Jeff Euber, Montpelier
“To the Light,” Sarah Eve Hingston, Woodbury
CAPITOL STATIONERS 65 Main Street
“Sugar Season,” Hugh Coyle, Middletown
Springs
“Perhaps Pelicans,” Cherie Staples, East
Montpelier
“I Am…,” Breanna Morway, Roxbury
“Acorn,” Florence McCloud, South Burlington
“A Letter to the Fourteenth Star,” Eustice
Sebastian, Plainfield
“Acts of Faith,” Lee Ferry, Woodbury
CHESHIRE CAT 28 Elm Street
“Mother Love,” Molly Power, East Montpelier
“So she might,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield
CHILL 32 State Street
“Connections,” Debby Franzoni, Castleton
“An affirmation,” Michael Jermyn, Montpelier
CITY HALL 39 Main Street
“Undomestication: A Spring Fantasy,” Glenda
Bissex, Plainfield
“The Sidewalk Calling Card,” Anne Ferguson,
Montpelier
“PoemCity,” Sara Norton, Marshfield
COCOA BEAN 30 State Street
“Sweetmeats,” Robert Troester, Montpelier
COFFEE CORNER 83 Main Street
“Country Song,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield
“Father’s side,” amanda ellingson, Montpelier
“State and Main,” Bernard Robert, Calais
COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK
95 State Street
Main Street Middle School student display
“Mama Bird,” Anna Luhr, Montpelier
DELISH 5 State Street
“Sixth Grade Class Picture,” Partridge Boswell,
Woodstock
“Roo,” Barbara Thompson, Montpelier
DOWN HOME KITCHEN 100 Main Street
“song of a small city,” Alison Prine, Burlington
“Wherever,” Alison Prine, Burlington
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“Dragonfly,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North
Calais
“Sleepwalker,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North
Calais
“Worry,” Garet Allen-Malley, Montpelier
“How One Swallow Makes A Summer,”
Verandah Porche, Guilford
“Thank You Mother Earth!” Alicia Hingston,
Danville
“Bold Challenge,” “Enjoying the Ride,” “Haiku,”
Geof Hewitt, Calais
“Japanese Ink,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Birthdays To Us All,” Peter Buknatski,
Montpelier
“Disguises,” Claire North, Manchester
“Girl in a Knee-Length Sweater,” Kathleen
Herrington, Montpelier
“Haikus,” Steven Pappas, Plainfield
“Receive What is Offered,” Jack Mayer,
Middlebury
THE DRAWING BOARD 22 Main Street
“Wheatfield with Crows,” Rebecca McMeekin,
Braintree
“Gauguin’s Landscape,” Ron Lay-Sleeper,
Cabot
ELM STREET CHOP SHOP 35 Elm
Street
“Out of Control,” Janet Watton, Randolph
Center
EVERETT INSURANCE AGENCY
50 State Street
“Chimera,” Sydney Lea, Newbury
“Haikus,” Burnell Lippy, Danville
FIRST IN FITNESS 1 Blanchard Court
“Because,” Susan Chickering, East Montpelier
“Starlight,” Sylvia Walker, Worcester
THE GETUP VINTAGE 27 Langdon Street
“Grit,” Anne Bower, Pomfret
GLOBAL GIFTS 9 Langdon Street
“Autumn,” Sarah Collins, Montpelier
“Who,” james barrett, East Burke
“Mount Fuji and I,” Lois Liggett, Montpelier
“In the Village of Cellobella,” David Hartnett,
Montpelier
“Stranger Neil on the Cliffs of Boscastle,”
Kevin Ryan, Montpelier
GUITAR SAM 71 Main Street
“Fame,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln
“Moonlight Waltz,” Deborah Johnson-Surwilo,
Montpelier
“Orchestral,” Louisa Drury, Stowe
GUY’S FARM AND YARD 19 Barre Street
“Raptor in May,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic
HENEY REALTORS 81 Main Street
“Dragonfly,” Roberta Harold, Montpelier
“A Central Vermont Year, By Month,”
Christine Terry, Montpelier
HERBERT DENTAL 25 State Street
“In A Day,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield
HUNGER MOUNTAIN COOP
623 Stone Cutters Way
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INCOGNITO SALON 27 State Street
“An Introduction to Tango,” Lisa Buckton,
Jericho
JULIO’S CANTINA 54 State Street
“To My Grandmother,” Marisa Melamed,
Middlesex
“First Tomato,” Kate Taylor, East Montpelier
“Chew,” ND Dentico, Middlesex
JUMPING RAINDROPS SEWING DESIGN
35 Elm Street
“Last Night,” Lucinda Garthwaite, Plainfield
KATIE’S JEWELS 4 State Street
“Dakota Woman,” Jesse LoVasco, Montpelier
“Regretful Escapee,” Marichel Vaught, East
Calais
KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY
135 Main Street
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
River Rock School student display
East Montpelier Elementary School fourthgrade display
“Change,” Ruby Singer, East Montpelier
ADULT LIBRARY
“Summer: At Home,” Michelle A.L. Singer,
East Montpelier
“Amelia,” Chris Racanelli, East Montpelier
“Housebound,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier
“The Librarian,” Maxine Leary, Montpelier
“Before the Storm,” Peter Buknatski,
Montpelier
“I lost my best friend today,” Cassie Wills, East
Calais
“Sir Spartacus,” Timothy Hayward, North
Middlesex
“Today,” Bill Forchion, Brattleboro
“Inhibition,” Christine Ferrant, Barre
“The Lay of Vermont Part III,” Jonathan
Williams, Montpelier
“Marlene,” Sue Ellen Buck, Berlin
“Snowsand,” Ruth Kennedy, Newbury
“1,” Bruce Sargent, Montpelier
“Fire One,” Victoria Pearson, East Montpelier
“On Narrative,” Baron Wormser, Montpelier
“Forget and Forgive,” Florence Fogelin, White
River Junction
“The Sound Oblivion Makes,” Laura Foley,
South Pomfret
“Life is a Journey,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Truths About Climate Change,” Harris
Webster, Montpelier
“Grouse Call,” Chard deNiord, Westminster
West
“Untitled,” James Secor, Montpelier
“Ocean Mobile,” Jamie Connor, Woodbury
“The Story of Autumn,” Todd Washburne,
Montpelier
“Being Corporate,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln
“Black Cat,” Ben Parker, South Burlington
“The Unknown,” Valerie Parker, South
Burlington
“Dragonflies in the Night Sky,” Hanna Parker,
South Burlington
“Taking Heat,” Michael Cerulli Billingsley,
Plainfield
“Untitled,” Eliza Mutino, Cabot
“All the Tones I Cannot Hear,” Helen Neswald,
Saxtons River
“How to Make a Friend,” Diya Kulkarni,
Montpelier
“When,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield
“How the heart may change, a Grecian vernal
journey,” EM Janson, Calais
“Until We Learn to Rise,” Michael Farrand,
East Haven
“Aspersions of the silver glass,” Elizabeth Reed,
St. Albans
“Aftermath,” Anonymous, Worcester
“Bully Morph,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln
“For Trishki,” Jessica Rubin, Marshfield
“It’s been so long,” Ric Schomaker, Worcester
“Instinct,” Judith Janoo, East Burke
“Life’s a Mystery,” Yvonne Strauss, Middlesex
“Old Shoes,” Alec Hastings, Randolph Center
“Identity,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier
“Shameless,” Kenneth Kilb, Bennington
“Snowmobile,” Orsolya Callnan, Middlesex
“The Dear,” T. Wendelken, Montpelier
“Stress Less World,” Marcy Frink, Worcester
LA BRIOCHE 89 Main Street
“Lecture,” Ralph Culver, Burlington
“Sugarmaker,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro
“Rebecca in 1809,” Peter Clark, Woodbury
“Three Seconds,” Frances Kaplan, East
Montpelier
LUCID PATH WELLNESS 97 State Street
“Barefoot,” Susan Reid, Montpelier
“A Wolf ’s Wisdom: Freedom,” Miriam John,
Worcester
THE MAD TACO 72 Main Street
“The Fate of Roosters,” Susan Atwood-Stone,
East Montpelier
THE MANGHIS’ BREAD 28 School Street
“Back O’ the Rainbow,” Alec Mielnikowski,
Montpelier
“Directions on Porcupine Petting,” Newell
Shonio, Worcester
MINUTEMAN PRESS 7 Main Street
“Almost Winter, Plum Island,” Ruth
Coppersmith, Adamant
“Idle Chatter,” Mary Carlson, Montpelier
MONTPELIER PHARMACY 69 Main Street
“Apothecary,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott
“In Flew Enza,” Samn Stockwell, Barre
MONTPELIER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER
58 Barre Street
“probably retired, like me,” Bob Messing,
Montpelier
“Swoosh,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield
NECI ON MAIN 118 Main Street
“Squirrely,” Francis “Sam” Hewitt, Essex
Junction
NO. 9 BOUTIQUE 75 Main Street
“safe harbor,” David Dillon, East Albany
“Voice on a High Wire,” Kelly Allen, Plainfield
“Lifeboats at Lesvos,” Eliza Goodhue,
Starksboro
“Haiku Musings,” Cheryl Burghdurf,
Middlesex
THE NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ 41 State Street
“Mill Pond,” Tony Witte, Montpelier
ONDINE 6 State Street
“Capriccio with St. Paul’s and Old London
Bridge, at the Met,” Charles Barasch,
Plainfield
ONION RIVER SPORTS 20 Langdon Street
“Old Lessons,” Sydney Lea, Newbury
“Some Long Trail Haiku,” Rick DeAngelis,
Montpelier
ORCA MEDIA 89 Main Street
“And Truly,” Ron Padgett, Calais
“The First Time,” Ben Mitchell, Westminster
“The Arrogant Turkey,” William Severy, Barre
“Quantum,” Neville Berle, Montpelier
PAINTED PEAR 8 State Street
“Aphasia,” Phil Keller, Montpelier
PETALS AND THINGS 36 Main Street
“All My Trees Are Gone,” Barry Cahoon,
Danville
“Kairos,” Wilma Johnson, Bennington
“To Marjorie,” Harriet Szanto, Lincoln
“How to Grow,” Kelly McMahon, Montpelier
PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK 112 State Street
“Sounds of the Forest,” Jean Henry, Northfield
“Berlin Journey,” Kenric Kite, Montpelier
“In The End,” Alexander Anlyan, Montpelier
“Night Crawler Hunters,” Tobe Tomlinson,
Essex Junction
“Self Portrait as a Wing,” Navah Fried,
Montpelier
“Sisters singing to each other,” David Fried,
Montpelier
PHILAMENA’S 41 Elm Street
“The Rainbow Dragon,” Margaret Blanchard,
Montpelier
“From the Camera of My Eyes: From Image to
Haiku,” Barbara Scotch, Montpelier
“Little Potato Poem,” Kathryn Eberly,
Montpelier
“In the Blood,” Nancy Hewitt, East Randolph
“My Winooski,” Sharon O’Connor, Cabot
PINKY’S ON STATE 14 State Street
“Love in a Jar,” Lowell VanDerlip, Montpelier
“Cast Iron,” George Mathon, West Danville
POSH SALON & SPA 78 Barre Street
“Salt and Pepper,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott
“Young Love,” Louisa Drury, Stowe
POSITIVE PIE 22 State Street
“Iridescent Blue in Late Evening Sun,” Julie
Hand, East Calais
“Oh, Rubbish,” Jane E. Bryant, Northfield
“Frog Fright,” Linda Gionti, Huntington
“Blood Moon,” Phyllis Katz, Norwich
THE QUIRKY PET 5 State Street
“Summer run,” Scudder Parker, Middlesex
“Missing You,” Tom Martin, Franklin
RITE AID 29–31 Main Street
“The Gathering Light,” Katie Spring,
Worcester
“Lost Bird,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln
“Missed Calling,” Buzz Surwilo, Montpelier
“Chance Meeting,” Alice Gilborn, East Dorset
“Camel’s Hump,” Esther Farnsworth,
Montpelier
“Deluge,” Althea Brown, Montpelier
SALAAM BOUTIQUE 40 State Street
“Labels,” Gary Fox, Montpelier
“Daddy,” Eileen “ELI,” Strickland-Holtham,
South Royalton
THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main Street
“35 MM,” Shannon Blake, Montpelier
THE SHOE HORN 8 Langdon Street
“Mad River Sonnets, #6,” Chris Nevin,
Moretown
“Dancing the Steps,” Elayne Clift, Saxtons
River
“July,” Alison Prine, Burlington
SIGN DESIGN 37 Barre Street
“Late February,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield
“Sail the Colors to the Shore,” Eliza Goodhue,
Starksboro
THE SKINNY PANCAKE 89 Main Street
“October to May: A Moose ‘To Do’ List,” Veda
Lyon, Worcester
“The Bay of Fundy Beaches,” Sam Skolnik,
Middlesex
“Mollusk,” Jamie Gage, Randolph
“november,” Craig Line, Calais
“Memoir,” Darren Higgins, Waterbury Center
SPLASH NATURALS 68 Main Street
“Before the Dawn Breaks,” Terri Crowther,
Washington
“Together,” Lynn McCloe, Manchester
STUDIO ZENITH 50 Main Street
“Nameless,” Samantha Kolber, Montpelier
SUBWAY 28 State Street
“Three Silhouettes,” Bradley Kukenberger,
Montpelier
“Sanibel Anchorage,” Ruth Mary Youngblood,
Montpelier
SWEET MELISSA’S 4 Langdon Street
“Stealth,” Susan Wilkie, Montpelier
“The Hurting,” Rachael Skinder, Montpelier
THREE PENNY TAPROOM 108 Main Street
“things i learned by losing her,” richard barr,
Montpelier
TULSI TEA ROOM 34 Elm Street
“Initiation,” Lisa Masé, East Montpelier
“Neighborhood Feast,” Kegan Refalo,
Montpelier
“Your Voice Stays With Me…,” Daniel
Anderson, Montpelier
UNCOMMON MARKET 1 School Street
“Did She See Her Reflection?” Robert Barasch,
Plainfield
“Fruit,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln
“Uncertainty,” Joshua Malcolm Sawyer,
Montpelier
“On Meeting an Old Boyfriend,” Gina Logan
“Tea Ceremony,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Apples,” Diane Swan, Barre
VERMONT ARTS COUNCIL 136 State Street
“the spiders my arms,” Jody Gladding, Calais
“Blue Notes,” Ross Thurber, Brattleboro
“Almost,” Jo Chickering, East Montpelier
VERMONT CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT
LIVING 11 East State Street
Norwich University student display
“Madelynn,” Charles Dodos
“Diamond,” Spencer Duhamel
“Progress,” James Durham
“Arrival,” Kaila Evensen
“Nostalgia,” Taylor Franck
“Not Your Typical Morning,” Trevor Hill
“Velvet Love,” Katelynn Irish
“Untitled,” William Kemp
“The Darkened Snow,” Lauren Kerl
“Untitled,” James Kiernan
“DC Fireworks,” Ralph Melanson
“Silence and Remembrance,” Alyssa Pinard
“Honest,” Jeremiah Vasquez
VERMONT TRADING COMPANY
50 State Street
“Geese Shadows,” Janet Hayward Burnham,
Bethel
VINTAGE TRAILER SUPPLY 34 Barre Street
“This Evening,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln
“A Boy is Missing,” Jack Mayer, Middlebury
“Earth Day,” Anne Bower, Pomfret
“Grampa George Strickland,” Eileen “Eli,”
Strickland Holtham, South Royalton
“Hospice,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier
“Regrets,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier
VTDIGGER 97 State Street
“In the Infancy of a Refugee Child,” Katina
Cummings, Waterbury Center
WASHINGTON COUNTY YOUTH
SERVICE BUREAU 38 Elm Street
“Joe’s Beach,” Tony Witte, Montpelier
“Detours,” Lynne Walther, North Middlesex
“Dissolved Resolve,” JD Fox, Montpelier
“Untitled,” Nancy Scarcello, Florence
WOODBURY MOUNTAIN TOYS
24 State Street
East Montpelier Elementary School fourthgrade display
YANKEE SPIRITS 126 Main Street
“Feeling Kind of Yellow,” Hatsy McGraw,
Hartland
“Down,” Char Gardner, Rochester
YARN 112 Main Street
“Daydream Number,” Betsy Unger, East
Montpelier
YVONNE’S RIVERSIDE SALON
37 Elm Street
“The Street is only one off Main,” Ken Hebson,
Guilford
ZUTANO 79 Main Street
“Kent Museum photo,” Liz Benjamin,
Adamant
“Rapt,” Martha Snell, VCFA Alum, Virginia
“A Memory of Springtime,” Nancy
Vandenburgh, Milton
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