Students and staff stand in a grassy yard holding up gold balloons that read POETRY against a billboard featuring a student poem.

We might have tricked you into reading a poem. Sorry, not sorry.

Among the billboards for injury attorneys and car insurance across Detroit’s nearly 140 miles and into Dearborn 30 billboards featuring poems by metro Detroit students have been punctuating the city skyline this spring.

Find out why it’s always worth your time to read a poem in the full opinion piece by Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen at Bridge Detroit!