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Lenin Commemorative Poems

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Lenin(From our Lower Wallingford correspondent, Chris Witwer)

Lower Wallingford residents and businesses are hunkering down for tomorrow’s Chase Family Fourth Event at Gasworks Park. It looks like most of us will be spending the day in the ‘hood, or in places we can walk to.

Need an excuse to walk to Fremont Saturday morning? The Poetess of Greenlake is hosting a guerrilla poetry event at the Lenin Statue at 10 am Saturday.

Twenty authors from the Lenin Commemorative Poems contest will read their Lenin poems, and the poems will be publicly “poured” over Lenin himself. Contest winner Rebecca Elliot will see her five-line poem “This Is Not V.I. Lenin” memorialized in bronze near the statue, hopefully this fall. Come, listen, enjoy! And donate a few bucks for the bronze plaque if you’re so inclined. Happy Independence Day

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I started Wallyhood back in 2008, right when my son was born, because I realized I had lived in the neighborhood since 1993 and didn't really know my neighbors. I figured writing a blog about what was going on around me would be a good way to meet people and help other people do the same. As the years progressed, those neighbors have picked up the torch and it is now a group effort, which I adore. I moved out of Wallingford for a few years (2020 - 2025), but I'm back, now living with my wife, son and dog (Dillinger) up in Tangletown.