Local poet, Michael V. Smith will be featured as an artist in the Poetry in Transit collection this year.
The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia partners with TransLink and B.C. Transit each year to produce a collection of poetry car cards featuring the work of B.C. authors and Canadian-published poets. The campaign brings a little bit of art into British Columbian香蕉视频直播檚 commutes.
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The collection took its own form and was left untouched for more than ten years before being released to the world.
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