PoemCity Anthology 2025
Kellogg-Hubbard Library / Vermont Poets
April 1, 2025
“PoemCity connects art and the everyday in community.”
–Julia Barstow, East Montpelier
Kellogg-Hubbard Library / Vermont Poets
April 1, 2025
“PoemCity connects art and the everyday in community.”
–Julia Barstow, East Montpelier
Kellogg-Hubbard Library / Vermont Poets
April 1, 2025
“PoemCity connects art and the everyday in community.”
–Julia Barstow, East Montpelier
Release Date: April 1, 2025
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57869-193-7
Booksellers and Libraries: Order Here.
SYNOPSIS
With an introduction by Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone, PoemCity Anthology 2025 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 original poems by hundreds of Vermonters of all ages are 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
“PoemCity is a welcome display of creativity, wisdom & wonder in our state capital! I can't wait to stroll the sidewalks, read all the poems, and be inspired over and over.”
—Candelin Wahl, Burlington
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“I’m excited to share my poem with PoemCity because it captures a moment of personal transformation and healing…I’m looking forward to walking the streets, reading the other poems, and connecting with other poems and poets.”
—Evvi Tower-Pierce, East Burke
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“PoemCity is one of my top favorite writing-related activities of the year.”
—Martha Anderson Sanborn, Vergennes
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“I am most excited to have my poem published in the PoemCity anthology!”
—Zora Moser, age 9, Montpelier
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“Writing brings me joy and I hope PoemCity brings joy to others.”
—Jamie Keough, Northfield
Reviews & In the News
The Dartmouth, May 19, 2025: ‘PoemCity Anthology 2025’: An ode to Vermont’s community of poets
The Bridge, April 19 2025: ‘PoemCity Anthology 2025’ is a-Bullin’
Orca Media, April 6, 2025: VIDEO PoemCity Book Launch: Bianca Stone, Chard deNiord and Toussaint St Negritude 4/6/2025
Seven Days, April 2, 2025: PoemCity Book Launch
The Bridge, April 1, 2025: Poets Laureate from Near and Far Read at PoemCity
The North Star Monthly, March 27, 2025: Over 250 Vermont Voices in PoemCity Anthology 2025
The Times Argus, March 24, 2025: PoemCity returns to Montpelier
MEET THE “AUTHOR”
The Kellogg-Hubbard Library (KHL) is 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. Visit their website.