July, 2010

A New Jersey Hillbilly/Jim Ledbetter/Nashville Cats by Jim Wilson

Central Park, Nashville

I am writing some commentary to James Floyd's poem 'Wasted Flowers' which is the Phantom Billstickers poem of this week. I was in Nashville, Tennessee this last week and if any place can be spiritual to me it is this part of the dear and blessed South. In terms of that pleasant and grounded feeling, Nashville comes close to Dunedin in old Aotearoa and which I miss. I miss the town belt of Dunedin and all those trees (Queen's Drive) which seem to be of a completely unique colour in terms of this world.

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Poem of the week: WASTED FLOWERS by James C. Floyd

WASTED FLOWERS

GIVE me no flowers or undue praise
because at last I've come to the end of these days, let no tears of sadness streak your face because we're apart for a while; know that now I reside in a better place, and let that knowledge bring forth a smile.

Your tears belong to this world of mortals who've forgotten how to even pray, the ones who pursue material nothings from day to wasteful day.

Weep for the newborn child

PHANTOM BILL STICKERS POETRY @ RIVER CITY ON THE BANKS OF THE MIGHTY WAIKATO RIVER

Celebrating National Poetry Day in Hamilton, Phantom Billstickers will be adorning Hamilton City, New Zealand, with an array of poem posters by prominent New Zealand and American poets. Pasting the poems onto the walls and alleyways of downtown, Phantom will bring Hamilton alive with the poetry of the world, connecting hearts and minds with river cities everywhere. From the Mississippi to the Waikato, poem posters bring imagination, music and beauty back into the streets.
  
PASTING THE POEMS

Poem Of The Week - To a Poet: By Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin

 




A poet! Do not prize the love of people around,

It soon will pass -- the glorifying hum --

And come a court of fools and laughing of cold crowd --

But you must always stay firm, morose and calm.

 

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Hear ye, hear ye, new street poster sites in Auckland City....

Shortland Street in AKL CBD (No Dr Ropata here tho...)

Couldn't help but show off some of our brand spanking shiney new street poster sites in Auckland City. (Some of our staff have become parents lately too, but we'll get to that later...)

So, firstly we have a superb frame up on Shortland Street, just outside the Cargo Coffee booth. Shortland Street is right in the heart of Auckland City, so a splash of arts and culture amongst the hustle & bustle.

Poem of the Week: There's a Certain Slant of Light - by Emily Dickinson

There's a Certain Slant of Light - by Emily Dickinson

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Concerning Those Statues In The Park: By Jim Wilson

Poster Run in Lambertville, New Jersey and New Hope, Pennyslvania 20th and 21st June 2010.
 
It's been so hot here for over a week now that a few days ago I saw a Redneck explode in the street.
 

Poem of the Week: ''Nafanua, the Samoan goddess of war, becomes a Creole'' by Tusiata Avia

 

Nafanua, the Samoan goddess of war, becomes a Creole

 
Nafanua lays the flesh of smoked freshwater fish
against the skin of her belly
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