Top 8 “Poetry at Work” Sightings in New York City

There are always times while reading a particularly good book when I find myself thinking of other people who might really enjoy it. A few weeks ago during the Tweetspeak Meetup, Nancy Franson and Michelle Ortega hit the streets of New York City looking for the sort of people who would appreciate Glynn Young’s Poetry at Work. For their first subject they had hoped to find a famous fellow who frequents Times Square wearing not much more than a guitar. He was absent that morning, but they continued on their mission and found eight other great Poetry at Work sightings in New York City:

1. No question, the lion at the New York Public Library looks even more stately with this book.

2. And Poets House is a perfect place to find Poetry at Work.

3. A library and poetry library are too obvious, you say? How about the Library Hotel?

4. Well,  Poetry at Work was seen at the Good Morning America studio.

5. And it was seen on the street at Times Square.

6. Because what a cab driver does on the streets of New York City is some crazy kind of lyric poetry, the book was seen in a taxi.

7. And in the hands of this street vendor.

8. But perhaps the most delightful sighting was with this: because as anyone who has ever been a minion knows, even minions need poetry, especially at work.

Where have you seen Poetry at Work? Tweet a picture of the book to us at @tspoetry with the hashtag #poetryatwork and we might feature your photo.

Featured photo by L.L. Barkat. NYC photos by Nancy Franson, with the assistance of Michelle Ortega. Used with permission.

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Poetry at Work,  by Glynn Young, foreword by Scott Edward Anderson

“This book is elemental.”

—Dave Malone

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Will Willingham

Director of Many Things; Senior Editor, Designer and Illustrator at Tweetspeak Poetry

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.

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