POETESS AND STRANGER
HOLY MOLY: NEW LOCATION!
NOW OPEN
320 E LAKE ST
MON-SAT
11AM-6PM
LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET
FROM DUFFY'S RESTAURANT & HARBOR WEAR IN DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY
PSYCHIC LOUNGE THURS-SATURDAY
THURSDAY: PSYCHIC MEDIUM-MEGAN
FRIDAY: JUNGIAN TAROT-BOB
SATURDAY: FAIRY ORACLE-EMILY
EVENTS, CLASSES & MORE
MAGIC MEDITATION ON HOLD UNTIL I CAN GET MY FEET UNDER ME, I WILL PROBABLY RESUME THIS OFFERING IN OCTOBER. I LOOK FORWARD TO CURATING ANOTHER MEANINGFUL ROUND OF SELF CARE FOR ADULTS IN THE PETOSKEY AREA.
POETRY OPEN MIC IS NOW HOSTED
AT NORTH COAST WORKS
417 HOWARD STREET IN DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY, RIGHT NEXT TO JULIENNE TOMATOES. I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL FOR LOCAL MEETING PLACES. EVERY THIRD MONDAY, COUNT ON IT!
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
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, 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.