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

Makarius Paine

Seattle

Youth Poet

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Scattered in Place

Running through my mind
Songs of sorrow
With nowhere to go
Displacement, I say
What a heartbreaking melody
I can remember
When the weight of the news hit
We hurt so badly
Displacement, I say
Memories of the past
Clouding my vision
New day
Same sorrow
Displacement, I say

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