| Much-loved poet Liz Lochhead
is set to be the latest arrival on SPT subway platforms.
To celebrate her appointment as Poet Laureate for the
City of Glasgow, her poems will be displayed for the
next four weeks on every underground station platform.
Lochhead took over as Poet Laureate for the City of Glasgow earlier this year, replacing 85-year-old Edwin Morgan who stepped down from the position due to ill-health.
Her "Poem on a Day Trip"– written in 1968,
when there was still a Woolworths on Princes Street
- is the third in the series of Subway Stanzas poetry
posters, which are produced by the Scottish Poetry Library
with the support of Glasgow advertising company Non
Stop Advertising, Strathclyde Public Transport, Primesight,
Glasgow City Council and Arts and Business.
As well as displaying the posters on the Subway, the Lochhead poem will be distributed to every library and secondary school in Glasgow.
Dr Robyn Marsack, Director of the Scottish Poetry Library,
said: "This is a way for people to encounter poetry
in their everyday lives, transforming the experience
of travel with a moment of pleasure, recognition and
surprise.'
Liz Parkes, Commercial and Production Manager at Strathclyde
Public Transport, said: "We're delighted to be supporting
the Subway Stanzas - there's a long tradition of poets
drawing inspiration from the Subway, from Edwin Morgan
to Tom Leonard and Brian Whittingham."
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