Flagstones

“Flagstones,” PoemSite Window number 30, is the second panel of a serial triptych. PoemSite is an ongoing installation of poetry by Laurance Wieder, hand-painted and lettered by Andrea Korotky on salvaged windows. Every other month, a new poem goes up in the front yard of 2331 Highland Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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