Poetry Posts

Portland buds, have you guys noticed the poetry posts in yards around town?

This city is so damn creative. Love it. I feel like I am seeing more and more posts pop up.   Coming across these posts gives me an excuse to rest a bit on a run.  Like most things cool in this city - I see most on the east side. 

Not from around here and wonder what a poetry post is?  “A poetry post (or poetry pole or poetry box) is a wooden pole, usually, mounted on private property, so that it faces pedestrians. On top of the pole is a box, with a glass or clear face and a lid. Inside the box is a sheet of paper containing a poem (or, sometimes, prose or a photograph). Sometimes the pole is absent, the box mounted to a tree. That’s it.”

If you are from the rose city, be sure to stop to smell the roses, and read the poems.