{"id":443190,"date":"2026-09-21T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443190\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:22:09","slug":"sidewalks-poetry-project-to-return-to-dallas-for-its-second-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443190\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewalks Poetry Project to return to Dallas for its second year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oakcliff.advocatemag.com\/2026\/09\/sidewalks-poetry-project-to-return-to-dallas-for-its-second-year\/poetry-sidewalk\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-92223 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/poetry-sidewalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of the Office of Arts and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost that time of the year again for poetry enthusiasts across Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Dallas\u2019 Office of Arts and Culture is gearing up for the second year of its Sidewalks Poetry Project, a public art installation that brings poetry to sidewalks across the city while commemorating the historical significance of 28 Dallas locations.<\/p>\n<p>For the project, Dallas residents will have the chance to write poems using Dallas Poet Laureate Mag Gabbert\u2019s \u201c2-1 Form.\u201d The form requires:<\/p>\n<p>Two stanzas<br \/>\nOne blank line between each stanza<br \/>\nFour lines in each stanza, with a maximum of 30 characters per line, including spaces<br \/>\nFour words per line<br \/>\nNo title<\/p>\n<p>Selected poems will be stamped onto freshly poured sidewalks throughout Dallas, giving residents the opportunity to leave their words in public spaces across Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Arts and Culture is currently working with the Dallas Department of Transportation and Public Works to finalize details for this year\u2019s project. A date for the sidewalk installations has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more information on how to participate and when the poems will make their way onto our sidewalks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of the Office of Arts and Culture. It\u2019s almost that time of the year again for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[889,5902,102,104,103,153147,153148,153149,153118],"class_list":["post-443190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-city-of-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-poetry-project","tag-department-of-transportation-and-public-works","tag-mag-gabbert","tag-sidewalks-poetry-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}