In celebration of National Poetry Month, Aurora Downtown will feature a dozen poems in downtown storefronts throughout this month..
Poet Laureate and Aurora Downtown board member Karen Christensen put out a call to local poets for poetry with the theme rebirth.
Christensen selected a dozen poems by the following local poets which will be featured in storefront windows as part of a self-guided walking tour during April.
Terry Slaney at Aurora Fastprint, 54 E. Galena Bouelvard; Carly Palmer at Altiro Latin Fusion, 1 S. Stolp Avenue; Marisol Del Valle at Artesan Lofts Gallery, 2 S. Stolp Avenue; Paula Garrett at Paramount School of the Arts, 20 S. Stolp Avenue; Araceli Ascencio at Do or Dye Designs, 24 S. Stolp Avenue;
Christopher Kuhl at Pure Skin Solutions, 26 S. Stolp Avenue; Simone Barnes at Wardell Art and Glass Studio, 28 S. Stolp Avenue; Susan Schubert at Christian Science Reading Room, 34 S. Stolp Avenue; Donna Zine at All Spoked Up, 14 W. Downer Place, Suite 10;
Carrol Roark at Wyckwood House, 14 W. Downer Place, Suite 16; Brian Olsberg at Tredwell Coffee, 14 W. Downer Place, Suite 18; Tricia Cimera at GAR Museum, 23 E. Downer Place.
For more information, visit www.auroradowntown.org.
—Aurora Downtown