Walk'tramck

Goin' for a walk. In Hamtramck, Michigan.

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Although the wind

blows terribly here, 

the moonlight also leaks

between the roof planks

of this ruined house.

Izumi Shikibu

Translated by Jane Hirshfield 

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“She is the wanderer, bum, emigre, refugee, deportee, rambler, strolling player. Sometimes she would like to be a settler, but curiosity, grief and disaffection forbid it.” -Deborah Levy, Swallowing Geography

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Walk'tramck turned 6 today! OMG my baby is so old! 

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READ MORE. WALK MORE. 

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Gate to nowhere…

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Bread 

Each face in the street is a slice of bread   wandering on searching somewhere in the light the true hunger   appears to be passing them by   they clutch have they forgotten the pale caves they dreamed of hiding in their own caves full of the waiting of their footprints hung with the hollow marks of their groping   full of their sleep and their hiding have they forgotten the ragged tunnels they dreamed of following in out of the light   to hear step after step the heart of bread to be sustained by its dark breath   and emerge to find themselves alone   before a wheat field raising its radiance to the moon

W.S. Merwin

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The street light banners recently received a face lift. You still fit in here. 

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Fresh paint to welcome the new season.

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Wishes in Hamtramck

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Buy a Fanta then leave.

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Back 2 school at the smoke shop.

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Let them think twice before they use their powers

To blot out and drink up and sweep away

These flowery waters and these watery flowers

From snow that melted only yesterday.

Robert Frost      

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“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows…. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”  —Thoreau

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Walk'tramck turned 4 today.

Happy Birthday, Walk'tramck!