Thank You to Our 2023 Partners & Donors
You make it happen! Thank you for believing in the power of poetry and for supporting free community access to live Arts & Culture with your gift to Poetry Palooza! Your generous donations helped launch Central Iowa's first major celebration of poetry and poets in 20 years.
You recognized the time is right to illustrate how much words matter through the common bond of extraordinary poetry. Thank you for:
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Encouraging established and emerging poets to hone their craft
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Recognizing the unique and universal healing power of poetry
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Expanding intergenerational and urban-rural communication
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Enriching the climate of Arts & Culture in Central Iowa
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With gratitude from all of us at Poetry&, thank you.
Partners & In-Kind Donors
Poetry&
Mainframe Studios
Iowa Poetry Association
Franklin Jr. High Event Center
Laureate
Humanities Iowa
Muse
Mercy One Richard Deming Cancer Center and Above & Beyond Cancer
Mainframe Studios
Business Record
Bard
Sonneteer
Art on the Prairie
In honor of Jan Kaiser
Franklin Jr. High Event Center
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Susan Koch Bridgford
Trudy Holman Hurd
Troubador
Beaverdale Books
Susan Rutledge Brenton
In honor of James Autry
Hal Chase
Crowley Design
Jacqueline Devine
Gupta Family Foundation
Norma Hirsch
Iowa Poetry Association
Martha James and Mike Myszewski
Jan Kaiser
Claudette and P.J. McDonald
Kay and Bob Riley
Patsy & John Shors
In memory of Mary Barakat
Pat Boddy and Rob Davis
Dory Briles
Judy Conlin
Des Moines Area Community College
Diane Glass and Jeff Means
Katherine and Andrew Hauser
In honor of Dory Briles
Charlotte and Fred Hubbell
Fritz James
Martha Jones
Mary and Dan Kelly
Mary Riche and Chuck Offenburger
Karen Shaff and Steven Jayne
Deb Wiley and John Schmidt
In memory of Mary Barakat
“Mary Barakat, a long time resident of Des Moines, died unexpectedly in Boulder, Colorado, on November 4, 2022. She will be dearly missed by the community she loved and served, as well as by her family and so many friends.”
Lyricist
Susan M. and Fausto Avila
Alicia and David Claypool
Kacey Davis and Andrew Buscher
Elaine Estes
Julie Gammack
Mary Gottschalk and
Kent Zimmerman
Ellen Keine
In honor of Jan Kaiser
Ana McCracken
Kathleen Murrin
Debbie and Douglas West
In honor of Jan Kaiser
Carol Bodensteiner
Courtney and J.B. Conlin
April Emerson
In honor of Jan Kaiser
Paula Feltner
In memory of Dr. Michael Eberle
Diane Glass
In honor of Jan Kaiser
Carol Grant
Julie and Doug Klein
Paula Hutton McKinley
Isobel Osius
Michelle and Steve Whitty