Sidewalk Poetry

The City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA continues to keep its legacy for "the confluence of commerce and splendor, artistry and industry"  alive through the creation of public art.

One of the projects carried out is called "Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk," which is tied in with the annual maintenance of the sidewalks around the city. Here, an yearly poetry contest is held by the residence of St Paul where the winner has their poem pressed in the sidewalk as general maintenance takes place.

This is a picture of a poem by Margaret Hasse, one of the winners of the contest in 2008

Awesome stuff!

For more information, check out http://publicartstpaul.org/about/

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