Poetry in Public: Places of Landing

Poetry in Public brings communities together through the written word, celebrating local voices by featuring poems written by King County residents in shared spaces.

Our 2023-2025 theme, Places of Landing, embraces the poetry of our daily lives by honoring the movements, places, and feelings that tell the stories of our days. Everyone can be a poet!

Featured Poet

Dan Cautrell

Duvall

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Morning Sun

I saw the morning sun
rise above the misty valley
the return of warmth and light
we had overcome the night
and then there too was a spirit
moving slowly over the water
and with it came the grace of dawn
and the morning became sublime

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