Comments on: Poem for Display in a City Bus

By: Adult Ühler

Adult Ühler — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:34:50 +0000

Nice idea you have for a blog here.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:51:48 +0000

deb, thanks. I don’t know who originally said that about poets being traitors, if anyone. I had the impression I was paraphrasing something, but maybe not.

I actually have very mixed feelings about the official placement of poems. I’d be far less queasy with my words spray-pained somewhere than with the kind of permanent inscription you describe. Thanks for the kind thought, though.

By: ...deb

...deb — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:12:30 +0000

I quite like the idea, and the links. Portland has Poetry in Motion, on our buses (taken after a Milwaukee project, I believe) and a Poetry Bridge walk series, which I have failed to participate in. But those are impermanent…paper in the bus and virtual on the walk…

These, written in space, are another thing altogether.

Who said “poets are traiters”, first, or recognizably…don’t take it wrong :-) , you know what I am so poorly trying to say.

I think the library poem would be lovely inscribed in glass or metal or wood at the check-out queue or building entrance…

By: dale

dale — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:54:07 +0000

:->

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:43:40 +0000

Pete – Thanks!

Bill – Whoa. Gives “paper cut” a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:17:42 +0000

This is pretty gory, so don't look, but there is an affinity: it is in the category of paper accidents.

By: Black_Pete

Black_Pete — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:57:11 +0000

I quite like these short bits, Dave. Go where the muse takes you.