Wilde in Detroit

For National Poetry Month I'm posting this previously unpublished historical trivia tidbit in poetic form, Wilde in Detroit which I wrote in 2025. Oscar Wilde was in Detroit on February 17, 1882 to deliver his lecture on the Decorative Arts at the Music Hall.

Walking downtown Detroit,

Dreaming over history, 

Wild to think of Wilde,

On February 17, 1882,

On Fort street,

Or Lafayette,

His feet,

Encased in, 

Buckle &

Rosette slippers,

Per the Detroit Free Press,

Noting he kept,

His audience

"Waiting until 

Doomsday."