Fourth Annual Bayfield Poetry Trail
September 1-30, 2024
Twenty-seven Bayfield Chamber members from Cornucopia to Ashland have selected a poem to post 24/7 for your reading enjoyment during the month of September. Which poems relate to the subject of the business? Which poems are simply favorites or get your minds engaged? Some poems are contemporary and some from decades and decades ago. Engage in reading one poem or all the poems!
To participate in the random drawing for Bayfield Chamber "bucks," pick up an entry form at the Chamber or any participating business, and write down the titles of at least 22 poems. Turn in the entry form by 5 p.m. on September 30 to the always-open Bayfield Chamber and Visitor Bureau visitor center (find the box for entry submissions).
Winners in 2023 included a couple who took turns (with another couple) reading the poems out loud to each other at each business location. Passersby may have wondered what was going on and were introduced to the poems also. Another winner was a mother and her school-age son who stopped to read a poem after school (Bayfield School District) before heading home to Mason, Wisconsin.
This event is scheduled to overlap with Art Escape (September 7–15) and with Bayfield Festival of Arts (September 7&8) and is a collaboration among the Bayfield Chamber, the participating businesses, and Lucy Tyrrell (Poetry Trail organizer and Bayfield Poet Laureate 2020–2021).
Please see below for a map of all the participating locations.
