With my shoe
I write in the sand
Look once more, it
Says, I miss …
To the sun and the sea
I let the breakers
Wash away the sand of my shoes
Tomorrow it’ll be gone
Tomorrow it’ll be gone
HK 27-03-2002
(Poem by 'HK' on the wall opposite the train station in Delft, The Netherlands)
(Underneath it says ‘The world is a playground’)
Strand
Ik schrijf met mijn schoen
Kijk nog een keer, er
Ik laat de branding het
Morgen is het weg,
Inspiring Cities Museum of CityPoems
Inspiring Cities has collected many citypoems over the years, as well as organized salons with citypoets and cities doing special projects. We have two criteria for what a citypoem is: the intention must be poetic, and it must be in the public realm of cities. Shapes, form and locations can and do differ.
The Museum of CityPoems has citypoems from cities all over the world. From Alhambra to Zonnebeke, from Taipei to Lima.
Got one yourself? Mail us your pictures (free of rights) and description, and we will publish.