The city has launched a project to embed poetry into our sidewalks. The video includes a cameo from the late Linda Plaut (who, of course, was involved with the project). And this link tells you more and how you can help.
Sidewalk poetry project looking for support
by Greg Reibman | Mar 5, 2019 | Newton | 4 comments
Love this idea. Poetry isn’t just in books, as many of us were taught. It is the symphony, the melody, the whisper song of our lives.
I would also love to expand on this idea by bringing poetry to some of the city’s street banners or other temporary venues of expression.
Poetry so often tells the story of the ephemeral: the crunch of ice beneath your feet this morning, the smell of rain on a spring day walk to school under umbrellas, the passing smile of one stranger to another in chance encounter.
Those experiences may not be best expressed in concrete, forever. Chalk-painted on the sidewalks, perhaps, naturally disappearing.
More voices, more stories, more places that we treasure. What could be better?
I just donated.
I donated earlier this week when I heard about the project. Public art is sadly something falling by the wayside at all levels of government. I’m a big fan of this feature to add a little character to our villages.
Donated