Poetry in Public: Places of Landing

Poems will replace advertising on public transit, enlivening commutes across King County.

Poetry in Public celebrates local voices by featuring poems written by King County residents in shared spaces. This year’s theme, Places of Landing, embraces the poetry of our daily lives. It honors the movements, places, and feelings that tell the stories of our days. Everyone can be a poet!

Featured Poet

Cynthia Masterson

Seattle

Featured image for Mount Scott

Mount Scott

The name was a name.
Not our name, a name of
someone not known to us.
There was a name once.
One of a mother
overlooking bricks full of tears
lost in a pile of names
that were not ours.
Pia Toya, our big mountain.

Original language: Comanche
Translated by: Poet

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