Poetry on the hoof

The City of St. Paul has several "public art" projects. One of them involves stamping short poems into fresh concrete as sidewalks are replaced. They've done over a hundred of these around town, according to the website.

And now they've issued a call for local poets to submit more for the upcoming construction season. Hmm... awfully hard to resist. :)

You're limited to 10 lines, 40 characters each, 250 characters total, and.. family-friendly content.

Winners will be announced on May Day. We'll see, I guess, if I get immortalized in cement, my words happily trodden underfoot.

My submission? A haiku, of course. :)

ambulating verse

strolling through the neighborhood

haiku underfoot