Treasure Trove Poetry Project is a unique literary magazine that makes poetry available through a gumball vending machine. Put in a quarter and you're treated to a poem by one of the 8 Almost Uptown poets featured in Treasure Trove’s second “publication.” Treasure Trove is the newest poetry installation by local poet, Julia Tilley. Tilley was inspired to create this project after reading an article about Art’o’mat, an old cigarette machine revamped to dispense art. “Poetry should be fun and accessible. I’m always looking for ways to get poems off the page and in front of people,” Tilley said. Treasure Trove Poetry Project is currently dispensing poems at: |
