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Title: Archaeological Dig
Poet: Blaise Addeo (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
Here is my philosophy:
Life moves on.
A sudden thought ago you were a year younger
Only a figment of your imagination
Like your greatest fantasies
Blowing through your mind
I do not remember the beginning
And I will soon forget the end
The timeline seems incomplete
But I begin to excavate
Brushing and blowing
Here is my philosophy:
Brush and Blow
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Shirley
Poet: Sean Cornell (Harborfields High School, Grade 10, Age 15)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
I was in love once
Her name was Shirley
She was beautiful
She was quick and nimble
Stunning curves
I took her everywhere I went
We liked to go to drive-in movies
She loved the fast life
We went on romantic drives
I could never leave her
When I was not with her, I thought about her
We were perfect for each other
I thought we would spend our lives together
But it did not happen
One day things changed
That day I saw a shiny red Corvette
And I sold my lovely Shirley
My beautiful white Mustang
For that ’64 ’vette
And I fell in love again
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Corn
Poet: Alexandra Dukes (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 18)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
We are kept in small holding cells
far too small and dark for our amounts
fed nothing but the yellow starch
toxic to our bodies but healthy
enough for us to survive
for now.
i can’t help but remember a time
when these dark boxes
were large pastures
enabling us to roam free
and feed on the green
but the world became corrupt
and confused and consumed
by the luscious grass
taking all for themselves
leaving nothing but the
yellow starch
toxic to our bodies but
good enough for us to survive
for now.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: A Fact About You
Poet: Amanda Durso (Harborfields High School, Grade 10, Age 16)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
Maybe you have blond hair
and blue eyes.
Maybe your hair is brunette
and your eyes brown.
You could possibly be tall
or short;
skinny
or fat.
You might have a round face
or a defined one.
Maybe people describe you as nice,
innocent,
or funny.
Or maybe as mean,
scornful,
or ugly.
Maybe you stress over things,
things might not bother you so much.
Maybe you’re an adult who doesn’t know what to do
with their life
or a child who has everything planned out.
I may not know you
but I can tell you one fact about yourself,
you’re beautiful
and you should smile about it.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Entry Number 163
Poet: Djenane Jean (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
Where I’m from, the sound of wind chimes jingle on
the back door as it is
opened. Newscasters and politicians rant back and
forth, like cats and dogs.
Where I’m from, the first and last step of the staircase
creak, leaving no secrecy
Where I’m from, clicks from the closing kitchen
cabinets are so distinct.
The air is cold, as if heavy and thick.
Where I’m from, neighboring demon dogs bark at
my existence.
Where I’m from, the loud snap of solely my light
switch irritates me.
Where I’m from, the sun pours through the windows
shining brightly off the
wooden floor, like a newly frozen pond.
Where I’m from, the smell of inimitable peppers
tickle your nose.
Where I’m from, the frigid glass kitchen table frightens
your elbows and the
washing machine rumbles constantly, making my
cowardly dog whimper.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Life Is a Journey
Poet: Ashley Kudler (Harborfields High School, Grade 10, Age 15)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
Life is a journey with both beginning and end
We know not when it will start or where the road may
bend
Some say there are maps you can trace in the stars
Others gaze into crystal balls to foresee fate from afar
The fortune cookies prebaked were all written in vain
The course you will follow has not yet been laid
There are hundreds of highways and paths you can
choose
Many chase tracks of their dreams, others follow a
muse
Of course you may trip or stumble along the way
Or the sturdy shoes you’ve been wearing for so long
may shrivel and fray
Know where you started or the places you’ve fallen
don’t matter so much
Just remember the goals you’ve set, and keep them
close enough to touch
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: I Like to Laugh
Poet: Gabrielle Mikorenda (Northport High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
The corners
of my mouth
begin to crease,
then.
BAM!
I’m laughing.
And nothing
on the planet Earth
in the milky way galaxy
or the entire universe
can stop me
from twirling
spinning
hooting
in hysteria
as I giggle
relentlessly
at the sound
of my own
laughter.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: I Am a Tomato
Poet: Luke Miller (Harborfields High School, Grade 10, Age 15)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
I am a tomato
I am a vegetable
I am a tomato
No wait I’m a fruit
I am a tomato
I am confused
I am a tomato
I enjoy being on tacos
I am a tomato
I am often served diced
I am a tomato
I am life
I am a tomato
On no! A knife!!!
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Connected
Poet: Molly Prep (Huntington High School, Grade 11, Age 16)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
Upload
Download
Linked in
Zoned out
Input
Dataflow
Constant transfer-
Let go.
Dark screen
Bright lights
Friend request
Late nights.
Reality check:
Lost ink ebb.
Communication tangled
in the
World
Wide
Web.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Two Years Apart
Poet: Taylor Neal (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
You are my how does this outfit look
and my late night pizza order.
You are my shared iTunes library
and my second pair of moccasins.
You are my open ears,
and my honest advice.
However, you are not my closet,
my math tutor,
or my trusty alarm clock.
and there is no way you are my twin.
There is no way we are the same.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Punctuation Poem
Poet: Gabby Ricciuti-Gomes (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
A period ends a sentence.
It is a goodbye
in the non-verbal form.
When you see the miniscule dot
you know it’s time
to move on.
But what if you’re not ready?
Use the question mark.
Add a simple curve on that dot.
Now, it’s no longer a goodbye.
Now, it’s a wide open door
to any place you desire.
Right?
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: Dream Season
Poet: Samantha Strait (Northport High School, Grade 11, Age 16)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
It is the time when the world transforms,
Leaf by leaf, tree by tree.
The chill whispers small talk to the wind,
Mingling with the breeze, as ancient friends they are.
Stories they tell to one another,
Timeless tales of friends walking through the
goldened grasses
And lovers sitting beneath an auburn canopy.
Every day brings a new painter’s pallet of color to
the earth,
A divine fantasy world in metamorphosis.
For the delicate loveliness of each and every change
Could only be the design of a seraph’s dream,
Brought to life in the later, tired months.
The illusion of the world around is in the misty gray
sky,
The coolness that ever so softly caresses the cheek,
And the immeasurable elegance that everything
surrounding possesses
In the dream season.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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Title: How to Be a Human
Poet: Eleni Toubanos (Walt Whitman High School, Grade 12, Age 17)
Other Collaborators: AB Graphics (Placard Designer)
Year of Creation: 2012
Medium: Poem digitally printed on styrene placard
Approx. Dimensions (HxWxD): 11 x 24 in.
Description: Teen poem printed on styrene placards and displayed in the interior ad spaces of selected buses in the HART system.
Markings/Inscriptions:
I am going to look you in the eyes
rather than my illuminated phone screen;
I am going to offer advice or comment
on your troubles and worries;
I am going to show compassion and sympathy
rather than my usual blank stare.
For once, I will be a breathing, reactive
Human
not a brick wall.
For once, I will be your friend.
Street/Site Location: HART Bus System
Owner/Administrator: Town of Huntington (Public Art Initiative)
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