Poetry on the Move

The university campus is a space of constant movement. Everywhere people shuttle to and from classes, work, the library, the cafeteria, the next meeting, the ride home.

What if poetry could go along for the ride?

This fall, Emory Poetry Council will launch its second iteration of “Poetry on the Move,” a project that places poetry in various sites of motion throughout the university campus. Poem posters will be hung in campus shuttle buses, while poem magnets—free for the taking—will be placed around elevators and high-traffic doorways. Lines of poetry will also run down busy hallways and hung on walls alongside staircases.

Much of the poetry featured in this project is by poets who have read at Emory as part of Poetry Council’s “What’s New in Poetry?” series. Poetry on the Move also features poems by two Emory creative writing professors—Bruce Covey and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey—as well as artwork by visual arts department faculty members Jason Francisco and Laura Noel, and Emory student Charlotte Watts.

To see for yourself how poetry can move, keep your eye out on the following locations at Emory starting in mid-September:
Woodruff Library
Emerson
Candler Library
Math & Science Building
Callaway
Anthropology
Tarbutton
Bowden
Peavine Parking Deck
Fishburne Parking Deck
…and various campus shuttles….

This project is sponsored by a grant from the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts.