About the Elgin Poet Laureate Project
The Elgin Poet Laureate Project celebrates the heritage, culture, and diversity of the City of Elgin through the art and appreciation of poetry, by selecting and equipping a Poet Laureate whose work will achieve the following outcomes.
- Enhance the experience of local events with poetry.
- Celebrate Elgin’s past, present, and future by adding to a lasting legacy of written poems.
- Bring people together through a shared experience of poetry.
- Instill an appreciation of poetry as an art form and as a means of self-expression.
- Strengthen community partnerships through project collaboration.
- Encourage and inspire others to identify and fulfill their creative goals.
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Thank you to our sponsors and partners for the Elgin Poet Laureate Project!
Want to share your love for Elgin?
Send your poem to elginpoetlaureateproject@gmail.com
and we’ll add it to Loving Elgin thru Poems