Streetscapes in poems by Bishop and Pinsky.

What is it about?

Elizabeth Bishop's poem "Under the Window: Ouro Prêto" and Robert Pinsky's poem "The Street" both demonstrate the potential power of the streetscape in poetry. Both poems look back to a time when streets formed the cores of cohesive communities.

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Why is it important?

American cities have become more car-oriented, and human-scale communities have lost out. These poems remind readers of what we could have had if we had kept our cities accessible to pedestrians.