Phantom Billstickers takes our poems to amazing places!
Posted: Friday Jun 30, 2023
Phantom Billstickers poem poster "Rain" by Hone Tuwhare on a telephone booth on the corner of Grassmarket and Victoria Street in Old Town, Edinburgh.
The Grassmarket was used as a market from the 14th century, with cattle fairs, horse fairs and corn being bought and sold in its wide open space. But this also made it suitable for public executions, with the last hanging taking place here in 1784.
Phantom Billstickers poem poster "An email to the unknown" by Sam Hunt, outside the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow, Scotland.GoMA is the venue for Banksy's first solo show in 14 years, Cut & Run. Ya stoater! In the photo you can see the statue of the Duke of Wellington astride his horse, Copenhagen. The statue has had a cone on its head continuously for the past 40 odd years. Despite the best efforts of the council and police, every time one is removed another takes its place.
Our Phantom has now found their way to Eindhoven in North Brabant, south Netherlands. Here's a Janet Frame poem poster in the centre of the city, “How I began writing”.
Our Phantom continues to walk the streets of Portugal, leaving a trail of poetry. Here is Keri Hulme’s “Trust” beside the historic Glória Funicular railway line in the Santo António parish of Lisboa.
