Comments for article: Street Poetry

Comment by Jason Partington

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:19:14 -0700

I agree, thanks for the blog.

Comment by Joshua Pilger

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:19:23 -0700

That is definatally something we need more of. Grafitti is worthless writings that do nobody good, but poetry with meaning would be something that everybody can look at and enjoy, and help those it is meant to touch.

Excellent blog post Bob.

Comment by Allen Taylor

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:44:23 -0700

Was the poetry sanctioned by the city or the owners of the train station? If not, then it was still graffiti and, I might ad, vandalism. That's an illegal act.

If it was something that was wanted by the owner(s) of the property then I concede that you were standing on poetry with meaning. Even if the poem was something as valuable as "Ozymandias" or "Ode On A Grecian Urn," it would still be vandalism if the property owner didn't authorize it. As a respecter of laws and decent social order, I don't support that.

Comment by Joshua Pilger

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:17:21 -0700

A poem has no less meaning writtne legally or not... as for the fact that it is vandalism, I would personally rather have the people who tag my backyard's wall do it in poetry then in the violent images and words that are currently residing on it.

Comment by Bob Mortland

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:30:58 -0700

The poetry was done by the city on a city train station by city employees for the city to view

Comment by Joseph Breunig

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:25:13 -0700

It curious that you "saw words eloquently scattered", but neglected to share the contents of the poem with us, its title or the author name(s). Would you be willing to copy it down and post it to this blog? Just a thought.

Comment by soma sundaram

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:15:09 -0700

Poetry is symmetry, symphony, symbolism, systole and diastole of human emotions and responses to the stimuli of this world.
I feel there is poetry and art in every moment we live, and every movement we make. This world, this universe is a poem written by God. All we have to do is recognize it as such and acknowledge, to let the poem of life resonate and reverberate through us.

Comment by Bob Mortland

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:22:54 -0700

It was titled the escalator... I do not remember by who... Its at the Folsom street Muni train station in San Francisco... I will have to go back and check it out. I do not usually get on or off at that station... I will let you know!

Comment by Asa Masters

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:24:45 -0700

Definetly, i think too many people have a tunnel view of poetry. I f it can be incorporated into everyday lives to make people feel inspired, without falling into the trapppings of manipulative advertising, people would benifit greatly.

Comment by starla gillespie

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:10:25 -0700

i agree as well, and how could you not. even more beautiful is finding poetry in these places, unexpected places... to know that someone is there where you now stand and they poured heart and soul... or maybe just thoughts of now, out on a worldly canvis to be shared.