💌 Poetry in the park

A nightstand has begun to pop up in San Francisco's parks with a simple sign on top: "Take a Poem, Leave a Poem." 

The project was started by 30-year-old San Francisco resident Amanda Barrows, who was tasked by her teacher to find a way to share poetry with the greater community.

📝 Anyone can cook write poetry... When she first placed the old nightstand in the park, Amanda wasn't sure she would get any responses. 

• “I have 70 pieces of writing," she shared, "And it’s only been in parks for a week and a half. It’s like actual poetry and mostly people’s own words — people have written some beautiful stuff.”