graffiti haikus (2017-current)

this pocket-poem series began in 2017 when i moved to berlin. i became so overwhelmed and enamoured with the graffiti around me that i had to respond in some capacity. so i began to write down lists of graffiti that felt legible to me and later at home i would re-formulate the tags into haikus, which became my way of conversing with the city.

each individual piece of graffiti is separated by a forward slash and is not meant to indicate the poem’s rhythm, which should instead be interpreted by the reader.

today, when i move around a new city, i continue to scribble down graffiti that calls out to me. i have lists of graffiti from athens, cairo, istanbul, prague, amsterdam, cape town, paris and more – all currently pending and awaiting to compiled into a zine, perhaps in a different form. some projects are as slow as cities are fast.