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

Layman Lei

Woodinville

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A PLACE OF LANDING

I
AM
Layman Lei
As a Laureate Poet of EB1-A
On 11/11/22, at the age of 73
I landed in Seattle, the Land of Liberty
A poetic city soaked in maple trees
This is my permanent home
And will be my grave
Dream in poetry
Write for liberty
OO
KK
!

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