Traveling Stanzas

Bringing poetry to everyday lives.

Mapping Akron Celebration

Over the last two years, we have worked with the Akron community on our Mapping Akron initiative.

Dear Ukraine at Washington National Cathedral

In recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Wick Poetry Center is pleased to announce the installation of the Dear Ukraine global community poem exhibit in the Washington National Cathedral’s Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage.

Poets for Science at the National Academy of Sciences

An installation of the Poets for Science exhibit is on view at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. from March 27, 2023 to September 8, 2023.

CVNP Poetic Toolkit

This Poetic Toolkit invites teachers, writers, and community members to consider the stories of the first people in the valley, imagine the shaping of this place in geologic time, and reflect on the human history of the Ohio & Erie Canal.

Dear Ukraine at Severance Hall

In collaboration with the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America, the School of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kent State University, and Severance Hall

Poets for Science: March for Science Education Summit

The Wick Poetry Center excitedly joined with the March for Science and Poets for Science (founded by Jane Hirshfield) to bring creative expressive writing this past summer to the SIGNS Summit in Chicago.

Big Read Northeast Ohio

An interactive online poetry project featuring Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise, curated by Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson

Global Vaccine Poem

Dear Vaccine is a global community poem, inviting all to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry.