Sun 18 Feb 2007
poetry on the street
Posted by jen under usa
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next time you’re in san fran, check out the addison street poetry walk. along both sides of addison street (between shattuck avenue and milvia street), there are about 120 plates in the sidewalk – each containing a poem reflective of berkeley’s history in some way.
there’s a poem from richard (another shot here). the poem is ’30 cents, two transfers, love’:
thinking hard about you
i got onto the bus
and paid 30 cents fare
and asked the driver for
two transfers
before discovering that i
was alone.
and if you can’t get to san fran, there’s The Addison Street Anthology: Berkeley’s Poetry Walk
While the Addison Street Poetry Walk (ASPW) is very interesting, it does NOT contain a poem from Richard, the poem ’30 cents, two transfers, love’ is on the Pacbell Park Poetry Walk (PPPW), and the link to the plate is proof of that. The ASPW has poems set in concrete, while the PPPW are metal plates set in the sidewalk.
hi trodwhims,
thanks for the info!
the Addison Street Poetry walk doesn’t list the 120 poems (but does say they are ‘cast-iron plates with porcelain enamel text’. i have a trip to sf coming up soon and am hoping to personally verify the info.
i hadn’t heard of the Pacbell Park Poetry walk either so will look into that as well. do you know of any links or images? have you been to both?
Hey, Jen-
The ASPW IS 120 poems, and they are ‘cast-iron plates with porcelain enamel text,’ and yes, I have been there. I have photographs of my favorite which I’ll be posting soon (along with one of Brautigan’s zine’s, “Change.”)
PPPW is where Brautigan’s poem 30 Cents is found, and I did a rubbing of it, along with another one that really hit home. Perhaps I will put those up, too… let me know!