Poetica Urban Poetry Project Photograph 3

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A photograph of the Poetica Urban Poetry wall. Details of the opening event are chalked on the wall.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (12)

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A box in the shape of a Lego cube. This is where the chalk is stored at Poetica and Gap Filler's "Instant Poetry" installation.

Poetica Urban Poetry Project Photograph 6

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A photograph of volunteers standing beside a fence made from wooden pallets, at the site of the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.

Poetica Urban Poetry Project Photograph 1

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A photograph of a woman reading poetry to an audience. She is standing in front of the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.

Poetica Urban Poetry Project Photograph 4

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A photograph of a woman applying filler to a concrete-block wall, in preparation for painting it to become the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (34)

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "Kia ora, kautou. It must be windy, the trees are kissing. Heath, 4".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (38)

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "With gap-tooth smiles, still she stands, with eyes still open, a lovers glance. Michelle".

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A photograph of Gap Filler's Poet Tree project, on the corner of Cashel and Liverpool Streets.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (33)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (7)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (27)

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Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. One of Shakespeare's sonnets has been painted on the mural as well as a blackboard. Members of the public are encouraged to add their poems to the blackboard.

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 182-183: Poetica Urban Po…

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A PDF copy of pages 182-183 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Poetica Urban Poetry Project'. Photos: Gap Filler

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (39)

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "A city's more than buildings, and a city's more than steeples. A city's a population, family, friends and people. I will come back, to my English rose".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (17)

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A poem written on Gap Filler and Poetica's "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street. The poem reads, "Amidst the shards of glass and twisted steel, beside the fallen brick and scattered concrete, we began to understand that there is beauty in the broken. Strangers do not live here anymore". This poem was picked by the public as the favourite poem written on the wall. It was then painted permanently onto the mural.

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Volunteers painting the "Instant Poetry" wall on Colombo Street.

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A thank you note to Resene on the "Instant Poetry" wall. Resene donated paint for the mural.