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Putting poetry on the bus

“You can take a minute and just go somewhere else. It helps you take a break.
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Greater Sudbury poet laureate Tom Leduc has launched a project where poetry written by Sudburians will be displayed in transit buses. Photo by Arron Pickard.
“You can take a minute and just go somewhere else. It helps you take a break.

“If you're staring at advertisements, if you're staring at your phone or your laptop, and it's just more work, you can look up, see the poetry, take a deep breath, take a break and stop and smell the roses for a moment.”

Leduc, a Wajax Industrial Components employee who considers himself a “working man's poet,” said the idea is to make poetry accessible to everyone.

“I know some people don't like poetry,” he said.

“They find it hard to relate to and stuff. But I think for the most part, people will like to see something a little different — something other than advertising. We're so bombarded by it everywhere we look.”

Poems submitted for consideration should be about 12 lines long, although Leduc said they can be edited after the fact to fit the available space. They can be in French or English or even in another language, if people wish.

Email poems to [email protected] or drop them off at any of the city's libraries.

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