What is Rooted in Racine? Rooted in Racine is a 6-month series that focuses on local happenings, events, and activities in the Racine County area. Emma Rose Widmar is the 21st ArtRoot Writer-in-Residence and will focus exclusively on two topics: disability awareness and community happenings. Rooted in Racine can serve as an accessible guide for…
Wrapping Things Up
Today is the final day of my term as Writer-in-Residence. With that in mind, I want to begin by saying thank you to the director (Peg) and the committee that selected me. Also thank you to the ArtRoot organization and those that finance and support it with their time/energy (especially Vera & Rob! While I’m…
Dear Racine,
Emma Rose Widmar announces her role as the 21st ArtRoot Writer in Residence, focusing on Racine and disability awareness over the next six months. With a history in journalism, she aims to foster empathy and connection through impactful storytelling. Emma reflects on her roots in Racine and her experiences with chronic health conditions, driving her passion to advocate for understanding and unity within the community.
Some Recent Poems
As my tenure as Writer-in-Residence draws near its end, I’ve been looking back through the posts from these past 6 months. It was good to take the time to put some of my thoughts, opinions, and recommendations into writing. The first April where I was a writer, I joined an Instagram “challenge” my friend Esteban…
Poetry in the Park / Community is Cool
Earlier tonight I attended Woodland Pattern’s first “Poetry in the Park” event of the year at Juneau Park in Milwaukee. It featured four poets from Racine and Milwaukee including my friends Nick Demske & Blue Lotus as well as Gina Cornejo & Kati Katchever (who I’ve had the opportunity to hear before at Linneman’s Poet’s…
Pituitary Torpedo
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Racine/Kenosha Poetry Archive: My Artroot Writer In Residence Project!
This past week was an exciting one as Writer-in-Residence. Over the last month I received submissions from nineteen poets in the area, created the website and Soundcloud account, and posted all the submissions I had so far. Then, after a fun open mic at the Racine Transit Center (shoutout to Nicholas Ravnikar & The Poetry…
Farewell to a Historic Place!
(I’m a bit delinquent with this post, for which I apologize. I took some extra time this past week to get started with the real work on my Writer-in-Residence project, and it has been an eventful week including. . .) This week/end was filled with events at Woodland Pattern . I’ve mentioned this place in…
Pronghorn
This post is a bit of a test run for the archive of written & recorded poems by local poets I am putting together as my official Writer-in-Residence project. Here is a sound poem I wrote in October of 2024. It was one of my first sound poems. Due to lack of formatting options for…
For John McCoy pt. 2
Pt. II Did you kick over the paint can?Windows close on reversal Which release is the starting line questionfor compulsory recognition? Stuffed full of voice is one wayto ride the rollercoaster,but the accordion folds of under-airattend swell selection harsh. Too many cave tunnelsonly make announcement extend itselfbrightly in joyous jealousy. Once did livid the potato…
ArtRoot Writer-In-Residence 