More Concrete Poetry

After I wrote about the sideway poetry project in St Paul, Bonnie Baker wrote “you may be interested in the concrete poetry in bpnichol Lane, a lane in Toronto, Ontario which is named for Canadian poet, bpnichol (1944 – 1988). bpnichol, one of the 4-Horsemen (a Canadian sound poetry performance group), was also a world reknowned ‘pataphysicist and Toronto small press promoter.” There are images, including the one below, here. You can hear the 4-Horsemen read several of their poems here. Anyone else know of cities with poetry in the sidewalks?

Concrete Poetry in bpNichol Lane in Toronto

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  1. San Francisco, of course! There are poems embedded in the alley next to City Lights Bookstore and along the Embarcadero sidewalk leading to the Ferry Building.

    Although not a poem, there are bronze plaques giving Pomo to English translations of words embedded in the sidewalk along King Street near the new Stadium.

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