18 poems are displayed in store fronts and public spaces in the Square.
Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, in partnership with the Harvard Square Business Association and Mass Poetry, has announced the 3rd Annual Harvard Square Poetry Stroll.
On view from December 10th until January 1st, this year's self-guided outdoor stroll highlights local poets with a focus on finding hope in trying times.
One of the poems, written by 15 year old Cambridge Rindge and Latin sophomore Justice Brooks, "Cataclysm of Snowfall" closes with the reflection "you, and I are one." Think of a time when you felt deeply connected to something, someone, or some idea. Then, write a poem or create a piece of art reflecting on that connection or create something in reaction to any of the eighteen featured poems! If you're feeling bold, email it to wmanley@harvardsquare.com or share it on social media using #HSQPoetry2022. We might share it in a gallery on this page!
To read all of the poems on this stroll, please visit: Harvard Square Poetry Stroll
45 Mount Auburn Street
"the US is on the brink of war and I've just taken a chem test" by Ezana Demissie
0 Garden St
"Before the Ashes" by Christina Pierre Louis
11 Garden St
"Offering" by Jean Dany Joachim
105 Brattle Street
"DECEMBER (Poet's Calendar)" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
94 Brattle Street
"Summer 2021 Cicadas" by Ellen Steinbaum
27-31 Brattle Street
"Cataclysm of Snowfall" by Justice Brooks
6 Plympton Street
"Permabeauty in the Boston Athenaeum" by Andie Sheridan
42 Brattle Street
"Pseudo-haiku for Immigrant Haters" by Eddy Toussaint Tontongi
1432 Massachusetts Avenue
"The Sky's Reflection" by Amy Manion
1400 Massachusetts Avenue
"sipestisyon" by Mckendy Fils-Aimé
1304 Massachusetts Avenue
"The Idea of Eleanor" by William Tilleczek
3 Church Street
"Love is a Battlefield, Literally, Because the Planet is on Fire" by Margot Douaihy
64 Brattle Street
"Oh, my brown boy" by Sunayana Kachroo
34 JFK Street
"notes on: acts of service" by Anthony Febo
1336 Massachusetts Avenue
"Hope" by Ingrid Goff-Maidoff
Intersection of Mt. Auburn and Holyoke Streets
"Only" by Danielle Legros Georges
8 Holyoke Street
"Haloed" by Marjorie Thomsen
56 Brattle Street
"Necessity" by Roselyn Kubek
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