Muncie Poetry Board Project

Muncie Poetry Board Project They are rotated monthly.

Begun in 2026, the Poetry Board Project in Muncie, Indiana, is a grassroots effort by local poets to bring poetry to everyday life by posting poems on notice boards in local coffee shops, bars, restaurants and meeting spaces.

The boards are changing for our final quarter of our first year!Here is what to expect (in alphabetical order):Rachel An...
10/03/2026

The boards are changing for our final quarter of our first year!
Here is what to expect (in alphabetical order):
Rachel Andrews - Poetry First Kiss? - The Caffeinery
Asahda - Poetic Robin Hood - The Downtown Farm Stand
Michael Brockley - All Morning, - Toys Forever Models and Hobbies
Eric Brotheridge - Effloresce Cup
Tom Chester - Hope - Rosebud Coffee House
Jennifer Criss - Insomniac @..... TBA
Debra Gindhart Dragoo - (incoming) @..... TBA
James Green - When Light Becomes to Dim - Panera Bread
Ruthie Grigoletti Don't Grow Up So Fast - Tall Timber Coffee
Kathy Maeves - (incoming) @..... TBA
Lylanne Musselman - Dark Mother Nature Creates - Ruby's Coffee and Music House
Jeffrey Pearson - For Lukka - Deena's Coffee House
George Wolfe - (incoming) @..... TBA

And on the ### boards:
Savage's Ale House I Watch You Come (You Watch Me Too)
Twin Archer Brewpub Permission
Heorot Pub and Draught House Unsaid

Poem pictured from the Old Washington Street Festival from The Humpback Barn Poets poetry on demand. This one was commissioned by a woman who was exploring attraction with a man from a new angle, blending the innocence of youth, with the maturing of self-knowledge. Pearl Jam "Unthought Known" was the requested 'vibe' :)






Fall Boards 🍁 beginning at The Caffeinery with the poem "First Kiss ?" From Rachel Andrews - Poetry which is kicking off...
10/02/2026

Fall Boards 🍁 beginning at The Caffeinery with the poem "First Kiss ?" From Rachel Andrews - Poetry which is kicking off the new quarter there. Do you remember your first kiss? The locust trees are already making a shift outside, the small leaves yellow and littering the sidewalk where the tables still invite a place to sit. We are excited to make our way around the boards for the next three months photographing the seasonal touches and shifts as the days grow darker and colder. Please let us know any other places you would like a board or topics you would like to hear a poetic voice consider.




A new board this month is Toys Forever Models & Hobbies on Main Street with a new-to-the-boards sonnet from Rachel Andre...
09/16/2026

A new board this month is Toys Forever Models & Hobbies on Main Street with a new-to-the-boards sonnet from Rachel Andrews - Poetry . Rachel wrote this when substitute teaching in the area. It was a day when the high school students and her were all waiting for the day to end and sitting in their own thoughts around the windowless room. Also on the board, the Dead End Kruisers, Oktoberfest, Hoosier Model Car Association and the local Model Aircraft Club.




Join local poets at the Old Washington Street Festival this weekend. Coordinated by The Humpback Barn Poets
09/16/2026

Join local poets at the Old Washington Street Festival this weekend. Coordinated by The Humpback Barn Poets




New board Quinlan and Fabish Music Co. Muncie naturally they needed a poem from George Wolfe about a pianist who was als...
09/10/2026

New board Quinlan and Fabish Music Co. Muncie naturally they needed a poem from George Wolfe about a pianist who was also a Doctor. Also on the board this weekend's bands at Room 5 Piano Bar , a request for a Bass Player and an upcoming Christian Rock concert.





How's your "Resting Bitch Face" misrepresenting you? Love this commentary from a local poet on the eye rolling expectat...
09/08/2026

How's your "Resting Bitch Face" misrepresenting you? Love this commentary from a local poet on the eye rolling expectations of the daily reality of the grind of living behind the masks we wear and the ones people tell us we are wearing. As Lasso reminded us and Whitman (poet!) originally cast it... Also on the board of Heorot Pub and Draught House one of our favorite feral anonymous Muncie flyers, and a smattering of random opportunities.
We are now collecting poems for the final quarter of the year! Reach out via messenger to get involved.






This month Ruby’s Coffee and Music House began its journey in the location where Haul N Oats Specialty Coffee & Toast ju...
09/05/2026

This month Ruby’s Coffee and Music House began its journey in the location where Haul N Oats Specialty Coffee & Toast just completed theirs. The very best to the new owners and their endeavors. Check out their FB page to learn about the Friday and Saturday evening coffee house events and opportunities as well as regular coffee shop hours.
The new community board now has a poem from Ruthie Grigoletti on nursing her infant joining a poem already on the board from a local wordsmith, also about parenting. So beautiful and synchronistic. Also on the board, faith and life information. Certainly giving us here at Muncie Poetry Board Project some hope for the future of our community.






New month, new poems! Deena’s Coffee House requested a custom board for their location because their notice board is so...
09/03/2026

New month, new poems! Deena’s Coffee House requested a custom board for their location because their notice board is soooooo busy! It was a lot of fun creating it at Tribune Showprint Posters . As for their noticeboard, just look at that smorgasbord! So many individuals shooting their shot. Business cards are a reminder of the pulse of society that we are part of here, today.
The poem this month is from Lylanne Musselman local writer and painter and examines the individual life within the collective. David Bowie features in it, with his incredible flair for costume and makeup. With Dolly and Tim leaving earth recently, I kept returning to the fateful spring when Bowie and Prince passed and posting this poem this month has me back within those stars. All these individuals stood for a well lived, authentic life. This idea of being contemporary to a person or societal thought or invention has always been a fascination to me. As Lylanne concludes, we are all here, the stars, the night sky, individuals who may not give a whit as to poetry or another thread that we hold dear. Perhaps we need to embrace that schism as well as fend it off. Both are true.

Last month (August) a new poet to our boards, Asahda Shonda Westbrook had the honor of having her poem stolen from the T...
09/02/2026

Last month (August) a new poet to our boards, Asahda Shonda Westbrook had the honor of having her poem stolen from the The Cup in University Town near Ball State University . I just replaced it before adding on this month's poem from Debra Gindhart Dragoo . Two fantastic female writers. If you ever want a copy of a poem, no need to steal! Message us and we would be happy to print you off a copy.
Also on the board, information about the Writer's Club that meets there, a club and the Fencing Club Cornerstone Center for the Arts.







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