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

Cynthia Elizondo Almanza

Auburn

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Un viaje cada dia

Un nuevo día, un nuevo viaje.
Sale el sol y veo un paisaje.
Elijo el camino, no el destino,
hay tristezas y gente molesta pero eso
mi destino no afecta.
Tengo alegrías y metas incumplidas.
No importa, con un viaje cada día
Llegaré al sueño que tengo desde niña.

A trip every day

A new day, a new trip.
The sun rises and I see a landscape.
I choose the path, not the destination,
there are sadness and upset people but that
my destiny does not affect.
I have joys and unfulfilled goals. It doesn’t
matter, with a trip every day,
I will achieve to fulfill my dream I have had
since I was a child.

Original language: Spanish
Translated by: Poet

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