Global Poetry Systems is a user generated world map of poetry found at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gps
Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound.
What are the things that you notice when you’re commuting to work, waiting for your bus or taking a long distance journey? Maybe you’re busy avoiding elbows and newspapers on the London underground, or listening to your favourite songs to drown out conversation. The endless rows of tube adverts and bus-stop billboards can be enough to drive anyone mad, but what if there is something more remarkable to read?
The GPS team, now including two new interns, Chris and Sophie, have all been looking out for poetry on their journeys: from the buses in London to the subways of Paris; from a Bolivian train graveyard to the railroads of Louisiana. Check out this week’s featured poems to see what we discovered.
GPS website users have been discovering poetry on their journeys too, and uploading photos to put their trip on our world poetry map. There’s plenty of it to be found since the launch of the Poetry On The Underground project.
Maybe there are hidden joys on your journey that you’ve never noticed before. Next time you’re travelling, keep an eye out for the poetry that might be travelling with you. With Poetry On The Underground launching their new series of ‘Science’ themed poems in February, we’re looking forward to seeing where the six new poems appear on the poetry map. Find it, map it, share it.
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