The Phalen Poetry Park aspires to:
-Create an artistic community space
- Promote individual writers
-Foster an audience for literature
Benches by Mem Lloyd and Gita Ghei
The park is an urban park created and maintained by ESAC, where the community can celebrate the language arts with poetry posted on the Poets' Post - a sculptural piece featuring changing poetry by local poets and students. Are you a budding writer? Why not share your poems? Submit poems for display to esac@eastsideartscouncil.org
A walkway of words etched in stone, to inspire the poet within, circle the post and lead to the Dragon Garden. Relax on the giant Book Benches and marvel at the surrounding beauty.
The Dragon Garden graces the area, featuring benches that resemble giant books. It awaits you for meditation, poetry readings or an evening of community gardening to keep the dragon beautiful.
Get Involved With Poetry Park
In addition to gardening help, we always welcome financial contributions to be able to purchase plants and other materials, as well as to support other projects, such as maintenance of the Post and benches and creation of a bell 'sculpture'. Again, many thanks to those of you who supported us last year.
VolunteerING
Gatherings for gardening take place once a week in the spring and summer.
Please email the Program Coordinator at esac@eastsideartscouncil.org or call (651) 774-5422 to for questions or sign up to help!
