Join us for an afternoon of poetry in conversation.

Community members select a poem that has meaning for them and are paired with local poets who write response poems. In these pairings, magic always happens.

This event is curated by Lisa Vihos, poet laureate of Sheboygan, in celebration of National Poetry Month.

The Poetic Pairs:

Kathy Alby and Georgia Ressmeyer

Hella Willis and Erik Neave

José Araujo and Marilyn Zelke-Windau

Lisa Salgado and Madeleine Wattenberg

Mike Hanlon and Kathryn Gahl

Andre Walton and Scott Schmidt

Kai Mills and Sylvia Cavanaugh

Adam DeSombre and Emalie Kamin

Vue Yang and Jean Tobin

Beckah DeYoung and Dana Boyer

Maryann Dolson and Maryann Hurtt

Kelly D. Holstine and Heather Hanlon

Lisa Vihos’s poems have appeared in numerous poetry journals, both print and online. She has published four chapbooks, had two Pushcart Prize nominations, and received awards from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. She is a founding editor of Stoneboat Literary Journal and the Sheboygan organizer for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. In 2020, she was named the first poet laureate of Sheboygan. She has also published the novel, The Lone Snake: The Story of Sofonisba Anguissola and is working on her second novel.