Welcome to the Poetry Pole

So my house has a poetry pole. My friend John invented (or adopted) the idea to share poetry in a public way. His house in NE Portland had the first poetry pole I'm aware of. Others followed suit and there are at least five poetry poles in our part of town. A poetry pole looks like a gussied up version of those realtor/for sale poles you’ll see. But they’re prettier and say “Poetry Pole” on the side. And of course have poems instead of house flyers.

Why a virtual Poetry Pole?
Our real poetry pole seems pretty popular. People have left notes, left new poems and taken copies of the posted poems. Going virtual seems like a good way to spread the beauty of language and poetry.

Here's a picture of the actual pole.