Over 40 local poets and photographers are featured in a 2021 wall calendar being produced by Poetry in the Boro. Entitled “Murfreesboro Majesty,” named after the cover image by Tommy Womack, the calendar showcases a featured poem, featured photo, and one or two haiku or other short form poems each month.

The calendar is funded in part through a grant awarded to 2020 Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Amie Whittemore by the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. Whittemore and her predecessor, inaugural Poet Laureate Kory Wells, organized the creative effort. The duo hope that the project will become a self-sustaining annual effort that will help fund other projects for the group.

“We’re delighted to have the diverse voices of our community represented in this calendar,” said Whittemore, who’s also on the Poetry in the Boro leadership team. “Most of the contributors live here in Murfreesboro, and all of them are involved in our community.”

Wells, the principal founder of Poetry in the Boro, adds that everyone who buys one of these calendars truly supports local creativity.

“Whether you live in Murfreesboro or elsewhere, you’ll enjoy these images and poems,” Wells said.

Purchase the calendar and find more information at poetryintheboro.org.