Poetic Drive

Poetic Drive: Poems about Miami Streets

Project by Pilar Finuccio

”Poetic Drive: Poems about Miami Streets” is a series of poems about two streets in Miami-Dade County—Kendall (104th/112th Street) and Sunset (72nd Street). With the trusted support of poetry, the Poetic Drive aims to acknowledge and celebrate the thoroughfares that connect the city, and all of us to one another. Poems were commissioned by Miami-based poets who were given maps of bus routes 104 and 72—each route divided up into distinct parts. Poets selected a part of a route, explored it on foot or by car, then wrote a poem about where they were.

Beginning April 1, 2021, poems can be enjoyed by calling 786-789-0048. A phone tree guides callers to a poem about Kendall or Sunset. For folks living along the two bus routes, colorful decals placed along the bus routes share the phone number, enabling access to a poem while waiting for a bus, enjoying a bike ride, or walking along the sidewalk.

The vision for the project is to create more poems about more streets throughout Miami-Dade County—until the streets are filled with poetry! These first two streets are the beginning of making that happen. This project is supported by media partner Culture Crusaders