Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center recently helped create a new mural for the Haymaker Farmers’ Market.
According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the new mural, located in downtown Kent on Franklin Avenue, is now the largest mural in Portage County and pays homage to both farmers and shoppers alike.
The design now features the “Haymaker Community Poem,” a project launched by the Wick Poetry Center that drew inspiration from shoppers and vendors who submitted poems for the market’s 30th anniversary.
“We were thrilled to create the website and prompts, to gather a harvest of voices celebrating the market, to build the community poem,” David Hassler, the Bob & Walt Wick executive director of the Wick Poetry Center, told the Akron Beacon Journal.
The Wick Poetry Center was tasked with creating a website where anyone within the Haymaker community could contribute memories and stories about the market to create a community-wide poem. The website, aptly named ‘Haymaker Market Stanzas,’ displays poems on postcards from various community members.
To read more about the unveiling and the timeline of this creative project, visit the Akron Beacon Journal.