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VERMONT WELCOME CENTERSWilliston (89S): “Lazlo’s Afternoon,” George Longenecker, MiddlesexGuilford (91N): “Water Views,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North CalaisSharon (89N): “Spilled Milk,” Sydney Lea, Newbury Fair Haven (RT 4W): “To Hear and Hear,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West

BUS STOPS IN MONTPELIER“Wood Sculpture,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier“The Problem of Poetry,” Ralph Culver, Burlington

“A Good Day for Birds,” George Longenecker, Middlesex

“Spider Strand,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury“Three Miles to Town,” Lowell VanDerlip, Montpelier

“Springtails,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro“Listen,” james barrett, East Burke“Ten Below,” Molly Power, East Montpelier“herbarium of memory,” Kelly McMahon, Montpelier

“Letters,” Jamie Gage, Randolph“Sonnet to Zippora,” Robert Barasch, Plainfield

“Dreaming Spring,” Cherie Staples, East Montpelier

“Relaxing With a Cup of Cocoa,” Rachel Senechal, East Montpelier

AARTISTIC INK 11 Main Street“Siren,” Chloe Viner, Plainfield“After September 11,” Jay Wisner, Montpelier

ALLA VITA 27 State Street“On Hearing The First Mourning Dove of Early Spring,” Robert L. Lincoln Jr., North Middlesex

“Hummingbird,” Maryam Sarafzadeh, Montpelier

ANTIQUES ON MAIN 110 Main Street“Hardware,” Michael Fleming, Brattleboro

ARTISANS HAND CRAFT GALLERY 89 Main Street

“Summer Brook,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier“Sugaring Season,” Alice Christian, Colchester

ATHENA’S BOUTIQUE 65 Main Street“Love,” Samuael Cubit, Jeffersonville“3 Haiku at the Edge of the Meadow,” Cara Armstrong, Montpelier

“Her Touch,” David Stauffer, Peacham “Entering the Last,” Anita X. Hewman, Montpelier

“Shamans of Earth and Sky,” Eleanor Kakar Ott, Calais

“Measuring Up,” Allison Hedge Coke, VCFA Alum, Oklahoma

BAGITOS CAFÉ 28 Main Street“Haiku,” Eva Zimet, Montpelier“Spring Walk,” Pamela Ahlen, Woodstock“Complications from Rabies,” Rick Agran, Worcester

“How About A Hug?” Carol Cone, Dorset“Dark Spy,” Michelle Lesnak, Montpelier“Persistence Hunting,” Angela Patten, Burlington

BAILEY ROAD 44 Main Street“Pocket,” Megan Buchanan, Guilford“Twins,” Sherill Hatch, Worcester“Thin Veil over Soft Body,” Gail Grycel, Westminster West

BASEMENT TEEN CENTER 39 Main Street“My Hike to Monastery Mountain,” Rick DeAngelis, Montpelier

BEAR POND BOOKS 77 Main Street“Like Sea Shells and Stones,” Susan Bauchner, Warren

“Counting Otters,” Diane Swan, Barre“Pages and Wings,” George Longenecker, Middlesex

“Crime and Punishment,” David Mook, Poultney

“The Gift,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West“Bird Ode Vs. Timid Poet,” Sandra Maccarrone, Johnson

“Tail-End of Mourning,” Lizzy Fox, Burlington

BIRCHGROVE BAKING 279 Elm Street“April’s Cream Scones,” April Ossmann, West Windsor

“My Mother’s Cookbook,” Sylvia Relation, Barre Town

“August,” Elliot Carr, Moretown“Gratefulness,” George Mathon, West Danville

THE BOOK GARDEN 50 State Street“The Price of the Ticket,” Merry Gangemi, Woodbury

“Poems gathering on a page to stay warm,” Phyllis Larrabee, Greensboro

BOTANICA FLORALS 10 State Street“Come Listen,” Mary Scriber, Manchester“Return of the Orchid,” Carla Occaso, East Montpelier

BUCH SPIELER 27 Langdon Street“MEMORY #1,” J.M. Powell, Williston

CAPITAL REGION VISITORS CENTER 134 State Street

“Wood Ballet Piece,” Whit Dall, Montpelier“Crossing the Lake at Dawn That First Morning,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury

“Keep the Love Growing,” Carol Collins, South Duxbury

CAPITOL COPY 32 Main Street“At the End of the Mall in Autumn,” Stuart Graves, South Burlington

“Modern Tech,” Virginia McShinksy, South Royalton

CAPITOL GROUNDS 27 State Street“The Quiet Dead,” Alexis Lathem, Richmond “I Was Like OMG,” Jeff Euber, Montpelier“To the Light,” Sarah Eve Hingston, Woodbury

CAPITOL PLAZA HOTEL 100 State Street“Despair Seeking Form Every Fourteenth of December,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic

“Of Farm and Fellows,” Michelle Holder, Waterbury Center

“Warmth,” Sophia Veltrop, Montpelier

CAPITOL STATIONERS 65 Main Street“Sugar Season,” Hugh Coyle, Middletown Springs

“Perhaps Pelicans,” Cherie Staples, East Montpelier

“I Am…,” Breanna Morway, Roxbury“Acorn,” Florence McCloud, South Burlington“A Letter to the Fourteenth Star,” Eustice Sebastian, Plainfield

“Acts of Faith,” Lee Ferry, Woodbury

CHESHIRE CAT 28 Elm Street“Mother Love,” Molly Power, East Montpelier“So she might,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield

CHILL 32 State Street“Connections,” Debby Franzoni, Castleton“An affirmation,” Michael Jermyn, Montpelier

CITY HALL 39 Main Street“Undomestication: A Spring Fantasy,” Glenda Bissex, Plainfield

“The Sidewalk Calling Card,” Anne Ferguson, Montpelier

“PoemCity,” Sara Norton, Marshfield

COCOA BEAN 30 State Street“Sweetmeats,” Robert Troester, Montpelier

COFFEE CORNER 83 Main Street“Country Song,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield“Father’s side,” amanda ellingson, Montpelier“State and Main,” Bernard Robert, Calais

COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK 95 State Street

Main Street Middle School student display“Mama Bird,” Anna Luhr, Montpelier

DELISH 5 State Street“Sixth Grade Class Picture,” Partridge Boswell, Woodstock

“Roo,” Barbara Thompson, Montpelier

DOWN HOME KITCHEN 100 Main Street“song of a small city,” Alison Prine, Burlington“Wherever,” Alison Prine, Burlington

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“Dragonfly,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North Calais

“Sleepwalker,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North Calais

“Worry,” Garet Allen-Malley, Montpelier“How One Swallow Makes A Summer,” Verandah Porche, Guilford

“Thank You Mother Earth!” Alicia Hingston, Danville

“Bold Challenge,” “Enjoying the Ride,” “Haiku,” Geof Hewitt, Calais

“Japanese Ink,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier“Birthdays To Us All,” Peter Buknatski, Montpelier

“Disguises,” Claire North, Manchester“Girl in a Knee-Length Sweater,” Kathleen Herrington, Montpelier

“Haikus,” Steven Pappas, Plainfield“Receive What is Offered,” Jack Mayer, Middlebury

THE DRAWING BOARD 22 Main Street“Wheatfield with Crows,” Rebecca McMeekin, Braintree

“Gauguin’s Landscape,” Ron Lay-Sleeper, Cabot

ELM STREET CHOP SHOP 35 Elm Street

“Out of Control,” Janet Watton, Randolph Center

EVERETT INSURANCE AGENCY 50 State Street

“Chimera,” Sydney Lea, Newbury“Haikus,” Burnell Lippy, Danville

FIRST IN FITNESS 1 Blanchard Court“Because,” Susan Chickering, East Montpelier“Starlight,” Sylvia Walker, Worcester

THE GETUP VINTAGE 27 Langdon Street“Grit,” Anne Bower, Pomfret

GLOBAL GIFTS 9 Langdon Street“Autumn,” Sarah Collins, Montpelier“Who,” james barrett, East Burke“Mount Fuji and I,” Lois Liggett, Montpelier“In the Village of Cellobella,” David Hartnett, Montpelier

“Stranger Neil on the Cliffs of Boscastle,” Kevin Ryan, Montpelier

GUITAR SAM 71 Main Street“Fame,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln“Moonlight Waltz,” Deborah Johnson-Surwilo, Montpelier

“Orchestral,” Louisa Drury, Stowe

GUY’S FARM AND YARD 19 Barre Street“Raptor in May,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic

HENEY REALTORS 81 Main Street“Dragonfly,” Roberta Harold, Montpelier“A Central Vermont Year, By Month,” Christine Terry, Montpelier

HERBERT DENTAL 25 State Street“In A Day,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield

HUNGER MOUNTAIN COOP 623 Stone Cutters Way

Poems by Reuben Jackson, Winooski

INCOGNITO SALON 27 State Street“An Introduction to Tango,” Lisa Buckton, Jericho

JULIO’S CANTINA 54 State Street“To My Grandmother,” Marisa Melamed, Middlesex

“First Tomato,” Kate Taylor, East Montpelier“Chew,” ND Dentico, Middlesex

JUMPING RAINDROPS SEWING DESIGN 35 Elm Street

“Last Night,” Lucinda Garthwaite, Plainfield

KATIE’S JEWELS 4 State Street“Dakota Woman,” Jesse LoVasco, Montpelier“Regretful Escapee,” Marichel Vaught, East Calais

KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY135 Main StreetCHILDREN’S LIBRARY

River Rock School student display East Montpelier Elementary School fourth-grade display

“Change,” Ruby Singer, East MontpelierADULT LIBRARY

“Summer: At Home,” Michelle A.L. Singer, East Montpelier

“Amelia,” Chris Racanelli, East Montpelier“Housebound,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier“The Librarian,” Maxine Leary, Montpelier“Before the Storm,” Peter Buknatski, Montpelier

“I lost my best friend today,” Cassie Wills, East Calais

“Sir Spartacus,” Timothy Hayward, North Middlesex

“Today,” Bill Forchion, Brattleboro“Inhibition,” Christine Ferrant, Barre“The Lay of Vermont Part III,” Jonathan Williams, Montpelier

“Marlene,” Sue Ellen Buck, Berlin“Snowsand,” Ruth Kennedy, Newbury“1,” Bruce Sargent, Montpelier“Fire One,” Victoria Pearson, East Montpelier“On Narrative,” Baron Wormser, Montpelier“Forget and Forgive,” Florence Fogelin, White River Junction

“The Sound Oblivion Makes,” Laura Foley, South Pomfret

“Life is a Journey,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier“Truths About Climate Change,” Harris Webster, Montpelier

“Grouse Call,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West

“Untitled,” James Secor, Montpelier“Ocean Mobile,” Jamie Connor, Woodbury“The Story of Autumn,” Todd Washburne, Montpelier

“Being Corporate,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln“Black Cat,” Ben Parker, South Burlington“The Unknown,” Valerie Parker, South Burlington

“Dragonflies in the Night Sky,” Hanna Parker, South Burlington

“Taking Heat,” Michael Cerulli Billingsley, Plainfield

“Untitled,” Eliza Mutino, Cabot

“All the Tones I Cannot Hear,” Helen Neswald, Saxtons River

“How to Make a Friend,” Diya Kulkarni, Montpelier

“When,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield“How the heart may change, a Grecian vernal journey,” EM Janson, Calais

“Until We Learn to Rise,” Michael Farrand, East Haven

“Aspersions of the silver glass,” Elizabeth Reed, St. Albans

“Aftermath,” Anonymous, Worcester“Bully Morph,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln“For Trishki,” Jessica Rubin, Marshfield“It’s been so long,” Ric Schomaker, Worcester“Instinct,” Judith Janoo, East Burke“Life’s a Mystery,” Yvonne Strauss, Middlesex“Old Shoes,” Alec Hastings, Randolph Center“Identity,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier“Shameless,” Kenneth Kilb, Bennington“Snowmobile,” Orsolya Callnan, Middlesex“The Dear,” T. Wendelken, Montpelier“Stress Less World,” Marcy Frink, Worcester

LA BRIOCHE 89 Main Street“Lecture,” Ralph Culver, Burlington“Sugarmaker,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro“Rebecca in 1809,” Peter Clark, Woodbury“Three Seconds,” Frances Kaplan, East Montpelier

LUCID PATH WELLNESS 97 State Street“Barefoot,” Susan Reid, Montpelier“A Wolf ’s Wisdom: Freedom,” Miriam John, Worcester

THE MAD TACO 72 Main Street“The Fate of Roosters,” Susan Atwood-Stone, East Montpelier

THE MANGHIS’ BREAD 28 School Street“Back O’ the Rainbow,” Alec Mielnikowski, Montpelier

“Directions on Porcupine Petting,” Newell Shonio, Worcester

MINUTEMAN PRESS 7 Main Street“Almost Winter, Plum Island,” Ruth Coppersmith, Adamant

“Idle Chatter,” Mary Carlson, Montpelier

MONTPELIER PHARMACY 69 Main Street“Apothecary,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott“In Flew Enza,” Samn Stockwell, Barre

MONTPELIER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER58 Barre Street

“probably retired, like me,” Bob Messing, Montpelier

“Swoosh,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield

NECI ON MAIN 118 Main Street“Squirrely,” Francis “Sam” Hewitt, Essex Junction

NO. 9 BOUTIQUE 75 Main Street“safe harbor,” David Dillon, East Albany“Voice on a High Wire,” Kelly Allen, Plainfield“Lifeboats at Lesvos,” Eliza Goodhue, Starksboro

“Haiku Musings,” Cheryl Burghdurf, Middlesex

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THE NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ 41 State Street“Mill Pond,” Tony Witte, Montpelier

ONDINE 6 State Street“Capriccio with St. Paul’s and Old London Bridge, at the Met,” Charles Barasch, Plainfield

ONION RIVER SPORTS 20 Langdon Street“Old Lessons,” Sydney Lea, Newbury“Some Long Trail Haiku,” Rick DeAngelis, Montpelier

ORCA MEDIA 89 Main Street“And Truly,” Ron Padgett, Calais“The First Time,” Ben Mitchell, Westminster“The Arrogant Turkey,” William Severy, Barre“Quantum,” Neville Berle, Montpelier

PAINTED PEAR 8 State Street“Aphasia,” Phil Keller, Montpelier

PETALS AND THINGS 36 Main Street“All My Trees Are Gone,” Barry Cahoon, Danville

“Kairos,” Wilma Johnson, Bennington“To Marjorie,” Harriet Szanto, Lincoln“How to Grow,” Kelly McMahon, Montpelier

PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK 112 State Street“Sounds of the Forest,” Jean Henry, Northfield“Berlin Journey,” Kenric Kite, Montpelier“In The End,” Alexander Anlyan, Montpelier“Night Crawler Hunters,” Tobe Tomlinson, Essex Junction

“Self Portrait as a Wing,” Navah Fried, Montpelier

“Sisters singing to each other,” David Fried, Montpelier

PHILAMENA’S 41 Elm Street“The Rainbow Dragon,” Margaret Blanchard, Montpelier

“From the Camera of My Eyes: From Image to Haiku,” Barbara Scotch, Montpelier

“Little Potato Poem,” Kathryn Eberly, Montpelier

“In the Blood,” Nancy Hewitt, East Randolph“My Winooski,” Sharon O’Connor, Cabot

PINKY’S ON STATE 14 State Street“Love in a Jar,” Lowell VanDerlip, Montpelier“Cast Iron,” George Mathon, West Danville

POSH SALON & SPA 78 Barre Street“Salt and Pepper,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott“Young Love,” Louisa Drury, Stowe

POSITIVE PIE 22 State Street“Iridescent Blue in Late Evening Sun,” Julie Hand, East Calais

“Oh, Rubbish,” Jane E. Bryant, Northfield“Frog Fright,” Linda Gionti, Huntington“Blood Moon,” Phyllis Katz, Norwich

THE QUIRKY PET 5 State Street“Summer run,” Scudder Parker, Middlesex“Missing You,” Tom Martin, Franklin

RITE AID 29–31 Main Street“The Gathering Light,” Katie Spring, Worcester

“Lost Bird,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln

“Missed Calling,” Buzz Surwilo, Montpelier“Chance Meeting,” Alice Gilborn, East Dorset“Camel’s Hump,” Esther Farnsworth, Montpelier

“Deluge,” Althea Brown, Montpelier

SALAAM BOUTIQUE 40 State Street“Labels,” Gary Fox, Montpelier “Daddy,” Eileen “ELI,” Strickland-Holtham, South Royalton

THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main Street“35 MM,” Shannon Blake, Montpelier

THE SHOE HORN 8 Langdon Street“Mad River Sonnets, #6,” Chris Nevin, Moretown

“Dancing the Steps,” Elayne Clift, Saxtons River

“July,” Alison Prine, Burlington

SIGN DESIGN 37 Barre Street“Late February,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield“Sail the Colors to the Shore,” Eliza Goodhue, Starksboro

THE SKINNY PANCAKE 89 Main Street“October to May: A Moose ‘To Do’ List,” Veda Lyon, Worcester

“The Bay of Fundy Beaches,” Sam Skolnik, Middlesex

“Mollusk,” Jamie Gage, Randolph“november,” Craig Line, Calais“Memoir,” Darren Higgins, Waterbury Center

SPLASH NATURALS 68 Main Street“Before the Dawn Breaks,” Terri Crowther, Washington

“Together,” Lynn McCloe, Manchester

STUDIO ZENITH 50 Main Street“Nameless,” Samantha Kolber, Montpelier

SUBWAY 28 State Street“Three Silhouettes,” Bradley Kukenberger, Montpelier

“Sanibel Anchorage,” Ruth Mary Youngblood, Montpelier

SWEET MELISSA’S 4 Langdon Street“Stealth,” Susan Wilkie, Montpelier“The Hurting,” Rachael Skinder, Montpelier

THREE PENNY TAPROOM 108 Main Street“things i learned by losing her,” richard barr, Montpelier

TULSI TEA ROOM 34 Elm Street“Initiation,” Lisa Masé, East Montpelier“Neighborhood Feast,” Kegan Refalo, Montpelier

“Your Voice Stays With Me…,” Daniel Anderson, Montpelier

UNCOMMON MARKET 1 School Street“Did She See Her Reflection?” Robert Barasch, Plainfield

“Fruit,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln“Uncertainty,” Joshua Malcolm Sawyer, Montpelier

“On Meeting an Old Boyfriend,” Gina Logan“Tea Ceremony,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier“Apples,” Diane Swan, Barre

VERMONT ARTS COUNCIL 136 State Street“the spiders my arms,” Jody Gladding, Calais“Blue Notes,” Ross Thurber, Brattleboro“Almost,” Jo Chickering, East Montpelier

VERMONT CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING 11 East State Street

Norwich University student display“Madelynn,” Charles Dodos“Diamond,” Spencer Duhamel“Progress,” James Durham“Arrival,” Kaila Evensen“Nostalgia,” Taylor Franck“Not Your Typical Morning,” Trevor Hill“Velvet Love,” Katelynn Irish“Untitled,” William Kemp“The Darkened Snow,” Lauren Kerl“Untitled,” James Kiernan“DC Fireworks,” Ralph Melanson“Silence and Remembrance,” Alyssa Pinard“Honest,” Jeremiah Vasquez

VERMONT TRADING COMPANY 50 State Street

“Geese Shadows,” Janet Hayward Burnham, Bethel

VINTAGE TRAILER SUPPLY 34 Barre Street“This Evening,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln“A Boy is Missing,” Jack Mayer, Middlebury“Earth Day,” Anne Bower, Pomfret“Grampa George Strickland,” Eileen “Eli,” Strickland Holtham, South Royalton

“Hospice,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier“Regrets,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier

VTDIGGER 97 State Street“In the Infancy of a Refugee Child,” Katina Cummings, Waterbury Center

WASHINGTON COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU 38 Elm Street

“Joe’s Beach,” Tony Witte, Montpelier“Detours,” Lynne Walther, North Middlesex“Dissolved Resolve,” JD Fox, Montpelier“Untitled,” Nancy Scarcello, Florence

WOODBURY MOUNTAIN TOYS 24 State Street

East Montpelier Elementary School fourth-grade display

YANKEE SPIRITS 126 Main Street“Feeling Kind of Yellow,” Hatsy McGraw, Hartland

“Down,” Char Gardner, Rochester

YARN 112 Main Street“Daydream Number,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier

YVONNE’S RIVERSIDE SALON 37 Elm Street

“The Street is only one off Main,” Ken Hebson, Guilford

ZUTANO 79 Main Street“Kent Museum photo,” Liz Benjamin, Adamant

“Rapt,” Martha Snell, VCFA Alum, Virginia“A Memory of Springtime,” Nancy Vandenburgh, Milton