The Detroit Lakes Poetry Walk is a grassroots public art project supported by Project 412 that displays original poems in the cute town of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
The Detroit Lakes Poetry Walk is a grassroots public art project supported by Project 412 that displays original poems in the cute town of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. We currently offer two seasonal outdoor public poetry walks each year. Our goal is to inspire and promote poets of all ages and offer fun ways to make the art of poetry accessible to everyone in the community. These two poetry walks combine our love of language with our love of the outdoors (even in winter!)
Since 2022, Detroit Lakes has presented two seasonal poetry walks:
• Polartry Poetry Walk showcases 32 poems in our City Park during Polar Fest, DL’s annual celebration of winter.
o Submissions open November 20 – January 15
o Poems on display — February – early March
• Flowerpot Poetry Walk plants about 40 poems in the gorgeous giant flowerpots that Downtown Alive coordinates with Bergen’s Greenhouses through the generous support of community donors.
o Submissions open April 1 – May 15
o Poems on display — summer solstice – mid-September
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It's true. We want your poems!
It's that simple. And FREE.
Your words deserve to be seen, and we have a creative way to make that happen!
If you are interested in submitting your poetry, here are the important details:
𝕊𝕌𝔹𝕄𝕀𝕊𝕊𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝔻𝔼𝔸𝔻𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔼 –
Polartry Poetry Walk = November 1 – January 15
Flowerpot Poetry Walk = April 1 – May 15
• Email up to 3 original (no AI, please) poems to 𝐃𝐋𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦
• NOTE: 18 lines of verse max (not counting title or line breaks)
• 40 characters per line max (counting spaces & punctuation!)
• Any form or topic — but selected poems will be displayed in family-friendly areas in our northern MN town
• Poets of all ages and locations, published or unpublished works are welcome
• Our panel will anonymously review and select 30-40 poems for display (sorry, no scoring details will be provided, but don’t be discouraged. Keep writing & submitting!)
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