See your verse in cement in St. Paul’s sidewalk poetry contest

Sidewalks are the blank pages of our city as a book, writes Marcus Young Artist-in-Residence City of Saint Paul.

Poetry inscribed on the pavement

Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk was created by Young and friends, Saint Paul Public Works, and Public Art Saint Paul. The project works in tandem with the City’s sidewalk maintenance program and installs poetry where City sidewalks are replaced. In its first year, the project has the goal of one hundred stampings of twenty poems written by Saint Paul residents.

Where to see examples the sidewalk poems

• On the south side of Lafond, between Grotto and St. Albans
• On the SW and NW corners of Dale and Blair
• On the north side of Blair, between Dale and Grotto

Enter your verse into this year’s contest

Online Submissions Deadline: Sunday, March 28, 2010

Up to 5 poets will receive a $150 prize and citywide honor.

Winning poems will be permanently published in city sidewalks. They are looking for short poems that provide a delightful moment of outdoor reading. Poems may be uplifting, funny, thoughtful…anything appropriate for the general public.

For more information visit StPaul.gov

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