Hey, there! Log in / Register

Somerville will get official poet before you even know it

Somerville has begun advertising for its first official poet laureate.

Neighborhoods: 
Free tagging: 


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

What Somerville really needs is a Paver Laureate.

up
Voting closed 0

But public works don't generate "buzz." If we could get the pavers to pave ironically somehow, that'd be the ticket. They could start a whole street fair around it: "we're like, you know, 'paving the street.'"

up
Voting closed 0

That's enough asphalt to be about a moderate sized driveway length of a street - not counting wages, equipment, and trucks.

Paving streets do generate a lot buzz, however. Compared to lot of stuff, seeing nice and new paved streets is a very visible imagery of something tangible for tax dollars. This was recognize by some politicians, notably Lantigua where fortunately it failed, but he did garner support by some using it.

up
Voting closed 0

This headline made me giggle, Adam, thank you. :)

up
Voting closed 0

and my feet are Longfellow's

up
Voting closed 0

And next we're going to find out that it's everyone's favorite vandal--Not Art Guy. His first work will be "Not a Poem" and he really wants people to examine and think "Is this a poem? Is it not a poem?"

up
Voting closed 0