A Sturgeon Bay couple is looking forward to serving you as the Poet Laureates of Door County for the next two years. Ethel and Tom Davis of Sturgeon Bay were jointly approved for the post at last month's Door County Board of Supervisors meeting.

Ethel and Tom met and surpassed the criteria for Door County’s Poet Laureate. Both are heavily involved with local poetry groups. They have been married for 55 years and have devoted their lives to writing and art. Ethel grew up in Wisconsin and has a love for art and writing. She says the people who had the biggest influence on her writing were her high school teachers. Tom grew up in western Colorado and has lived in Sturgeon Bay with Ethel for about 11 years. Tom has published books across Wisconsin as well as the world, from Great Britain to New Zealand. Tom and Ethel have been writing for as long as they can remember and share some advice and inspiration. 

Ethel says she is inspired by the landscape of Wisconsin has always intrigued her, she also works with pastels to create abstract and realistic works of art. Tom says writing helped him through times in his life when he couldn’t do anything else, and says that anyone who wants to pursue writing needs to write every day, even if it’s a little, you still need to write. He adds that Door County is the place to be if you want to become a writer due to the support the community has given him and Ethel.

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