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Spring For Poetry In Takoma Park 2007 |
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| Click on the poem name to see the poster. | ||
| Poet | Poem | Location |
|---|---|---|
| CARROLL AVENUE | ||
| Cesar Vallejo | The Distant Footsteps | Takoma Junction (7328 Carroll) |
| Antonio Machado | The Wind One Brilliant Day | Takoma Junction, at bus stop |
| Roland Flint | Skin | Takoma Junction, left of Gazebo, at bus stop |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay | Afternoon on a Hill | TPSS Co-Op, Takoma Junction |
| William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Koch | This Is Just to Say & Variations on a Theme | Savory, left of front parking |
| Pablo Neruda | Ode to Salt | In front of 7113 Carroll Ave |
| Lucille Clifton | Good Times | Carroll and Park Aves |
| Derek Walcott | Love After Love | In front of Victory Towers bus stop |
| James Wright | A Blessing | In front of Fair Play, Old Town |
| Robert Hayden | Those Winter Sundays | In front of Gazebo in Old Town |
| Shel Silverstein | Where the Sidewalk Ends | In front of Middle-Eastern Market, Old Town |
| Reed Whittemore | Spring, etc | Pedestrian crossing, in front of Bead shop, Old Town |
| Emily Dickinson | I'm Nobody ; I Shall Keep Singing | In front of Post Office, Old Town |
| Rita Dove | Fox Trot Fridays | On median center, Old Town |
| Langston Hughes | Mother to Son | Near Willow Ave, in front of bank |
| MAPLE AVENUE | ||
| E.E. Cummings | Chansons Innocentes: I | At Sligo Creek path (hospital side) |
| Linda Pastan | The Dogwoods | Across from Sherman Ave at bus stop |
| Natasha Trethewey | Housekeeping | Intersection with Grant Ave at bus stop |
| Alice Fulton | Fierce Girls Playing Hopskotch | Across from Lincoln Ave at bus stop |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Shoulders | Maple Ave, in front of Presbyterian Church |
| PARKS & PUBLIC PLACES | ||
| Felice Holman | Who Am I? | Opal Daniels Park, Carroll Ave entrance |
| William Stafford | Notice What This Poem is Not Doing | Jackson Boyd Park |
| Toi Derricotte | Black Boys Play the Classics | Spring Park (Poplar Ave) |
| Muriel Rukeyser | Rune | Jequie Park at Gazebo |
| My Papa's Waltz | Westmoreland Playground | |
| Elizabeth Coatsworth | Swift Things Are Beautiful | Rte 410, across from Library at bus stop |
| Li-Young Lee | A Story | City library, walkway from parking lot |
| Lucille Clifton | Miss Rosie | Takoma Park Community Center entrance |
| SCHOOLS | ||
| Ray Young Bear | From Four Songs to Life | Columbia Union, entrance to Wilkerson Hall |
| Jaime de Angulo | Coyote Shaman Songs | Piney Branch Elementary School, left of entrance |
| Jean Connor | Returning | Takoma Elementary, entrance walk |