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2026 Freeport Poetry Competition Winners
What Holds Us Together?
The 2026 Freeport Community Poetry Competition asked poets to explore ”What holds us together?”
The winning poems, selected by Freeport resident, poet, National Poetry Series winner and Pushcart Prize recipient Colin Cheney, were displayed along this walk throughout the month of April 2026. All submitted poems were preserved in the archives of the Freeport Historical Society.
Poems explore community in any form, including but not limited to people, place, tradition, language, memory, shared struggle, shared celebration, digital belonging, chosen family and nonhuman connections such as ecosystems or objects.
A partnership of Freeport Folio and the Freeport Community Library.
See Links to Poems and Poets below.
Poems & Locations
See links to Poems Below.
What We Hear After - Melissa Luetje
Was displayed at Freeport Community Library | 10 Library Drive
Cove Poem - Shawne McCord
Was displayed at The Harraseeket Inn and Event House | 162 Main Street
Black Hole- Brendan Tierney
Was displayed at Bridgham & Cook (The British Goods Store) | 123 Main Street
The Ulrickson’s - Joseph Coleman
Was displayed at The Harrington House at Freeport Historical Society | 45 Main Street
My Pride- Lucy Lavergne Carter
Was displayed at Meetinghouse Arts & First Parish Church | 40 Main Street
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