Poetry@Tech Collaborates With MARTA to Put Poetry in Motion

“Poetry@Tech Collaborates With MARTA to Put Poetry in Motion Superadmin Mon, 04/27/2026 - 10:38 If you’ve ridden a MARTA train this month, you’ve probably seen the colorful artwork bearing verse from accomplished poets. It’s Poetry@Tech’s first off-campus foray into celebrating National Poetry Month in April. Poetry@Tech collaborated with MARTA Artbound, the transit agency’s office responsible for public art in the MARTA system, to place the poems in trains and on digital signboards in select stations throughout the month. “It’s really exciting because it’s so colorful,” said Victoria Chang, the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Chair and director of Poetry@Tech. “And so, I feel like it gave me a lot of joy and I hope it gives the commuters and the riders on MARTA as much joy as it gave me when I saw it the first time.” Read more in our full story . Subtitle Summary sentence Poetry@Tech arranged to have poems, accompanied by artwork by local Atlanta artsts, on select MARTA trains and digital station signboards. Summary Poetry@Tech arranged to have poems, accompanied by artwork by local Atlanta artsts, on select MARTA trains and digital station signboards. Dateline Wed, 04/22/2026 - 12:00 Contact Michael Pearson Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Associated importer 1 News room topics Campus and Community Mercury ID 689948 Source updated Mon, 04/27/2026 - 10:32

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