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Sign: Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Because We Need Good Maps" a song by Forrest Hamer

Address:
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
Category:
Walking path
City:
Berkeley, CA For all manhole covers in Berkeley, CA
Country:
USA For all manhole covers in USA
Shape:
Square
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Ground
Tags:
Literature and poetry 
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BECAUSE WE NEED GOOD MAPS

At this age of his when he wasn’t here,

I study my imagination for the father
of the nine-year-old me, the adventures

exciting him way off across a globe

with no country on it named Viet Nam.
I have to go find him, the man who came back

a stranger. My father must still be roaming,

charting lose locations for this year of mine
which marks the journey I can’t start.

-Forrest Hamer
Photography:
2023
Ariel Rubinstein
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Comments:
Berkeley’s poetry Walk was laid in October 2003 along Edison Street between Shattuck and Milvia Streets. The route includes 128 metal plates with excerpts from songs, each of which is related in one way or another to the city of Berkeley.

The current plaque features a poem by the American poet and writer Gary Soto (1952) who taught at the University of Berkeley.

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The closest sign from this series (3 Meter): Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Cups #5" a song by Robin Blaser

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Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Cups #5" a song by Robin Blaser
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (3 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Saturday at the Canal" a song by Gary Soto
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (4 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "The World" a song by Alice Jones
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (5 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Pre-teen Trot" a song by Helen Adam
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (5 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "A Strange new Cottage in Berkeley" a song by Allen Ginsberg
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (6 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "A Textbook of Poetry, 21" a song by Jack Spicer
2026 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (8 Meter)

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