Poetry

A living archive of thoughts in motion.

Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

A giant earring-wearing, poker-waving elephant statue stands in a Viking longboat in Kirkby town center.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

Mineral well linked to the final days of a beloved Scottish poet.

This park commemorates the birthplace and legacy of the brothers who authored a song that has come to be known as the Black National Anthem.

An extensive audio-only collection of cultural heritage saved from a genocide.

A working-class suburb has become an open-air art museum dedicated to a local poet and hero of the Spanish Civil War.

A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer, Kenji Miyazawa.

When this monument to Slovenia's national poet was erected, it's said to have sparked the ire of nearby church authorities.

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

This sculpture memorializes the town's connection to the famous horror author Edgar Allan Poe.

A small park honors the legendary Ukrainian poet.