POETESS AND STRANGER
445 E MITCHELL ST
PETOSKEY, MI 49770
231-622-8053
NEW HOURS
MONDAY: 11AM-5PM
TUESDAY-SATURDAY:
11AM-6PM
SUNDAY: 11AM-4PM
PSYCHIC READINGS
THURSDAY & FRIDAY: CALL FOR AVAILABILITY
SATURDAY: 11-6PM w/EMILY $1 PER MINUTE
I am a poet
of the lake,
poetess, actually.
​
My hands gather
her fossil bones-
the calcium
drinks my fingertips
chalking them
white with dust.
​
My heart is here
although storms
never come-
just rain, anymore.
​
What if I drank
too much whiskey
one night
and then told the lake
that I was her
poetess forever.
​
Would she
reflect me differently-
a stranger forever?
​
Bah,
I can't care.
​
The storm passes us by
again
and I am still
and ever
your poetess
and stranger.
​
​
​
by Sarah Snider 7/20/19
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SHOPPE:
WEDNESDAY MEDIATION:
MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 7-8PM.
DOORS LOCK AT 7PM SHARP! JOIN US FOR A GUIDED MEDITATION OF THE FOOL'S JOURNEY
THROUGH THE MAJOR ARCANA OF THE TAROT.
BYO YOGA MAT/CUSHION/BLANKET, ETC.
DONATIONS BASED MEANS PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
STARTS 6/28.
INTRODUCING
POETIC TOGETHERNESS:
ALIVE POETS SOCIETY:
MEETS EVERY SATURDAY 9-11AM. AGES 17+
JOIN US AS WE READ, DISCUSS, AND WRITE POETRY TOGETHER. DONATIONS WELCOME BUT NOT REQUIRED.
POETRY OUT LOUD:
MEETS EVERY 3RD MONDAY 7-9PM.
**$5 COVER OR A HAIKU ABOUT MONEY
6/19, 7/17, 8/21, 9/18, 10/16, 11/20, 12/18
PLEASE BRING ORIGNAL POETRY/PROSE TO READ, MAX LENGTH 3 MINUTES PER TURN. WE WILL NOT CENSOR MATERIALS SO LISTENERS BE AWARE AND WRITERS BE JUDICIOUS WITH WHAT YOU SHARE. TRIGGER WARNINGS APPRECIATED, NO HATE SPEECH. **MONEY GOES TOWARD: CHAIRS, SOUND EQUIPMENT, ADVERTISING.
ALL EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT POETESS AND STRANGER,
445 E MITCHELL ST, PETOSKEY, MI 49770 231-622-8053
IF NOT US, WHO?
POETESS AND STRANGER COLLECTS PERSONAL CARE ITEMS YEAR ROUND FOR THE NORTHMEN DENS PROGRAM. NORTHMEN DENS IS A PANTRY PROGRAM IN EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDES FREE FOOD AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS FOR STUDENTS WITH A NEED. PREFERRED ITEMS: TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTH PASTE, DEODRANT, TAMPONS, PADS, BODY WASH (BAR SOAP IS NOT PREFERRED), SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, DENTAL FLOSS, LIP BALMS, LOTION, ETC. LARGE SIZED ITEMS ARE NOT EASY FOR THE STUDENTS TO FIT INTO THEIR BAGS, REGULAR OR TRAVEL SIZES ARE AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION FOR THIS. I AM ALWAYS WILLING TO ACCEPT CASH DONTIONS AND BUY ITEMS FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
LITTLE FREAK PANTRY IS SPECIFIC TO THE SHOPPE'S BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION AND IS A FOOD & DIGNITY ITEM PANTRY FOR PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE MONEY TO HELP ME MAINTAIN THIS PANTRY, 100% OF YOUR DONATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE, PLEASE SPECIFY LITTLE FREAK PANTRY OR NORTHMEN DENS WHEN YOU DONATE. THANK YOU KINDLY!
OUR VISION
there has to be a place we start
somewhere we are allowed to
be curious and be curious
a place where women matter
a place of tenderness and conscience
a place for new voices and the natural world
a place whose purpose is to reveal the beauty
and magic in each of us
a place with a heart and a soul and
a mind for change
there has to be a place we start
to be the people our world needs
more healers and dreamers
more makers and menders and believers
there has to be a place we start
so let it be here.