Poems On A Pole

A Coeur d’Alene poet is sharing his love for the craft and creating connections in the community through public poetry postings around town. Roger “Rudge” Dunsmore moved to Coeur d’Alene in 2013. “I retired after 50 years of university teaching in Montana. My identity was all wrapped up in teaching,” Dunsmore said. “I came here and really felt out of my element. I wasn’t sure how to connect to the community.” It came to him about eight months after he and his wife moved to the Lake City. That was when Dunsmore’s pet cat went missing, and his wife suggested he place “missing cat” signs around their neighborhood. Once Dunsmore noticed how many miscellaneous signs were posted on neighborhood poles, he was hit with the idea to use that same method for getting poetry out to the minds and hearts of people in the community/ Jamie Sedlmayer , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Besides the Bard of Sherman Avenue rhymes, do you read poetry often?