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“But like Brogan and the Poetry Society’s poets, the goal is an emotional density, something that makes the most with the little space offered.”
“How do such excellent poems end up on the New York City subway?”
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““It’s not systematic,” Brogan told me, “We go to the library and start looking at poets.” Staff members pull books down and make photocopies, which get passed around and debated.”
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“The department has since evolved to include public art initiatives on trains, buses, and platforms—nearly every surface the MTA controls.”
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“He co-writes the weekly Newsletter of Humorous Writing.”
““There’s no other publishing project,” Brogan told me, “that comes anywhere close in terms of reaching readers, and particularly readers from all kind of walks of life.” It’s not an exaggeration to say Poetry in Motion might be one of the largest venues for contemporary poetry.”
“A government organization picking out poems for a readership of millions feels like the set-up to a bad joke, but the actual process behind these poems is much less bureaucratic.”
“It’s refreshingly analogue and, as Vaz said, a bit “intuitive.” The process starts with Brogan and the Poetry Society of America, who search their vast library of over 10,000 books.”
““Oh I love that,” Vaz said, “I love that it feels that way.” But any overlap in a poem and a train line’s energy is coincidental; new Poetry in Motion selections go out in the entire subway system at once.”
“Poetry in Motion, according to Vaz, turns “the everyday necessary routine of traveling into time and space that actually belongs to you.” In fact, this was how Vaz first encountered the program she would someday run.”
“It’s trite to reduce everything to just the phones, but spaces of pause in public “are very hard to get nowadays,” Vaz said, “And so if we can support that interior moment, whether the feeling is joy, or calm, or even wistfulness … it’s just creating space for that to happen.” I was also curious about the installation of the poems, and in particular, whether certain poems were paired with certain trains.”
“The MTA hopes to expand the program, bringing more poems and art the transit system.”
““They’re informed by, I don’t want to say seasonality,” Vaz said, “but they can be relevant to the time of year.” For instance, during this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, the MTA debuted their first poem in two languages, “Instantánea de Harlem” by José Olivarez, alongside an English translation by David Ruano González.”