Raining Poetry, a collaboration between the city of Boston and the non-profit Mass Poetry, is slowly bringing secret art to the streets of Boston. It is a series of poems stencilled throughout the city’s sidewalks. The invisible spray used to write the poems is water-resistant; when the surrounding pavement is darkened by rain, the words emerge and treat pedestrians to the secret poems that quietly wait to be read. Mass Poetry says that the purpose is to “bring poetry to the people”.
Using a biodegradable water-repellent spray and stencils made by local artists, the city’s Mural Crew is setting out to place poems throughout the streets of Boston. The spray vanishes once dry, so the poems are invisible – until it rains. Once wet, the area around the poems will darken, and Bostonians will be treated to short poems as they walk around the city.
Boston’s Poet Laureate, Danielle Georges, has selected the poems for the art installations across Boston and its neighborhoods, including works in several languages.
With Raining Poetry, we are able to bring more poetry into the everyday lives of the unsuspecting.
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