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  • Michael Lemke

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Latest Poems

  • The Soul
  • Residency Test at the Ore Dock
  • First Snow
  • Good Girl
  • For Reasons of the Heart
  • Abandonment
  • Water: Keith Taylor
  • Water: M. Bartley Seigel
  • Water: Christopher Schmidt
  • Water: Margaret O’Donnell Noodin

Latest Events

  • Artist Talk–Sault Area Arts Council
  • POSTPONED: All UPPL Reading
  • Marquette Fringe Fest
  • Marquette Writing Marathon
  • Rosi Gambino Lemke: My Country Prim Dream Home: My Experience Pitching an Idea to Netflix
  • Stephanie Flint: Crafting Your Fictional World: World-building Tips and Tools for Writers and Game Designers
  • Melanie Page: HOW TO WRITE AN ETHICAL REVIEW: Going Beyond Your Feelings and Gut Reactions to Literature
  • “But That’s Not How It Happened!”: Re-membering Memory and the Imposition of Family in Poetic Memoir.  
  • Michigan Multiverse Day 3
  • Michigan Multiverse Day 1

Latest News

  • Martin Achatz Interview
  • Custom poems for Christmas
  • Meet the new Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula
  • English Professor Emerita Named U.P. Poet Laureate
  • The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Foundation recently announced the selection of Beverly Matherne as the 2023-24 Upper Peninsula poet laureate
  • Learning more about the 2023-24 Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate, Beverly Matherne
  • Marquette Monthly – April 2023
  • Poet Laureate Celebrates National Haiku Day
  • NMU Choir Concert Highlights Beverly Matherne and Other Women Composers and Poets
  • NPL programs coming up

Recent Posts

  • Artist Talk–Sault Area Arts Council
  • POSTPONED: All UPPL Reading
  • Marquette Fringe Fest
  • Marquette Writing Marathon
  • Rosi Gambino Lemke: My Country Prim Dream Home: My Experience Pitching an Idea to Netflix
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