The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University was established in 1984 by Robert and Walter Wick in memory of their sons. Since its founding, the center continues to host readings and workshops, circulate publications, and create scholarship opportunities. Within the center is the Wick Poetry Park, featuring a fifty-seat amphitheater where readings are hosted in the summer. The park is decorated with sculptures created by the founders and display kiosks featuring poems from the Traveling Stanzas collection featuring poems by Wick Poetry Center authors, local schoolchildren, Kent State University students, and the larger Northeast Ohio literary community. The center is open Monday through Friday, and free workshops are offered weekly.
Photo by Kent State University.