{"id":445028,"date":"2026-09-23T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445028\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:36:27","slug":"sidewalks-poetry-project-to-return-to-dallas-for-its-second-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445028\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewalks Poetry Project to return to Dallas for its second year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Example-Press-3-1536x1024-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790159787_846_Example-Press-3-1536x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128008\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-128008\" 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.\u00a0<\/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 past 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.\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0<\/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":445029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5902,102,153115,104,103,153116,5474,962,12907,4896,153117,153118],"class_list":["post-445028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-city-of-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-department-of-transportation-and-public-works","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-poet-laureate-mag-gabbert","tag-east-dallas","tag-lake-highlands","tag-lakewood","tag-oak-cliff","tag-office-of-arts-and-culture","tag-sidewalks-poetry-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445028","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=445028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}