Poetry in Public: Places of Landing

Poems will replace advertising on public transit, enlivening commutes across King County.

Poetry in Public celebrates local voices by featuring poems written by King County residents in shared spaces. This year’s theme, Places of Landing, embraces the poetry of our daily lives. It honors the movements, places, and feelings that tell the stories of our days. Everyone can be a poet!

Featured Poet

Jade Ye

Sammamish

Youth Poet

Featured image for From Our Roots We Rise

From Our Roots We Rise

A little yellow flower,
Miles of stretching roots,
A thin and narrow river,
Eternities of overlapping ripples.

A little child,
Their heart is a web,
Connected to all,
A nest of tangled roots.

From our roots we rise,
The roots of mother earth,
Of our home,
For each other.

All 2024 Poets