One of the reasons I love my hometown is that it feels so 1960s. Like a happy hippy commune. Nothing is upscale, fancy, or pretentious. Everything has a super “love makes the world go round” “kumbaya” type of vibe. Case in point: Eugene has ‘poetry boxes’ dispersed throughout the town. They perfectly describe Eugene — random mailboxes in town with poems to share with the community (what is NOT to love about this).
Two blocks from my parents house is this mailbox with poetry. They change it once a month.
Just a random box. But with hope and love and dreams INSIDE.
The poems.
August’s poem.
Another poetry box a couple blocks away. “Poetry, like the moon, does not advertise anything.”
The poem.
The poem of the month is on Trump (but of course!)
There are also little libraries on random corners so people can donate or read books.
how cool, right???? I love it. I want to bring this system to NYC!
Isn’t this just a fun little touch? Watch out Manhattan… I am bringing this to the East Coast!
Cute! reminds me of the short story vending machines in France!
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/french-short-stories-vending-machine
And this is the most Eugene thing in the world… 🙂
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