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

Janée J. Baugher

Seattle

Featured image for At the Ellis Island Immigration Station, April 1922 My Family’s First Passover Seder in America

At the Ellis Island Immigration Station, April 1922 My Family’s First Passover Seder in America

After Lenin came to power,
they sewed money into their clothes,
left everything behind, boarded a train to Kiev,
then walked to Latvia. They sailed to Liverpool,
waited one year for their number and boarded the SS Baltic.
At the Seattle Sephardic Cemetery, I place small stones on their graves.

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