New Project from Poet Laureate Ada Limón - poetry as public art in 7 national parks

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to Publish Anthology, Bring Poetry to National Parks as part of Signature Project, “You Are Here”

"Ada Limón's signature project as the nation's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, "You Are Here," will feature two major new initiatives: an anthology of commissioned nature poems and poetry installed as public art in seven national parks.

"I want to champion the ways reading and writing poetry can situate us in the natural world," Limón said. "Never has it been more urgent to feel a sense of reciprocity with our environment, and poetry's alchemical mix of attention, silence, and rhythm gives us a reciprocal way of experiencing nature — of communing with the natural world through breath and presence."

Participating national parks are:

• Cape Cod National Seashore (Massachusetts)
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Ohio)
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee)
• Everglades National Park (Florida)
• Mount Rainier National Park (Washington)
• Redwood National and State Parks (California)
• Saguaro National Park (Arizona) 

Find out more about the project -> https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/u.s.-poet-laureate-ada-lim-n-to-publish-anthology--bring-poetry-to-national-parks-as-part-of-signatu/s/daf3ca32-cdff-49e0-9109-c2d9ba66c3b1

poetry as public art in 7 national parks