X-Post: The New York Times on Subway Poetry

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M.T.A. Derails Poetry
By ROBIN POGREBIN

Those poems on the subways are going the way of the No. 9 line — that is, coming to an end after 15 years. Poems may still be posted now and then, but mostly the quotations seen on subways and buses will pertain to a number of different subjects, including history, philosophy, literature and science.

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