Public Artwork
Take the Poetry Route
Artwork creator(s):
Various
Text author(s):
Various
Collaborator(s):
Edmonton Arts Council; ETS, City of Edmonton; The Canada Council for the Art; Pattison Outdoor Group
Installation year:
1999
Remarks on location:
Interior advertising panels on ETS buses and LRT
Description:
Poems selected for publication on interior advertising panels on ETS buses and LRT
Text of the artwork:
Examples
2009:
In the Rockies
In a conifer forest where
everything is alive
with rising clouds wrapped
around mountain approach
me and open their eyes
thus for six years
In every detail looking back to
the splendid green summer
there is the sound of wind
sawing the winter tree branches
I still couldn't finish painting
the white smile of winter - Samgmok Lee
2008:
Squirrel
It burst into the garden
Raised a screeching
Unruly creature
You don't see it yet it exists
You want it with you
Are glad when it disappears
Text theme:
Poetry
Artwork theme:
Poetry
History:
Since 1999, poets of all ages have seen their poems on Take the Poetry Route. Edmonton is the third city in Canada, after Vancouver and Toronto, to have a poetry-in-transit project.
Event date(s):
1999 Note(s):
This project celebrates the work of poets and makes riding public transit a more enriching and pleasurable experience
Artist's biography:
Poetry on ETS Document(s):
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