An underground adventure with a speaking city
Maps are a powerful storytelling platform that can invoke feelings of curiosity and wonder. When layered with personal stories, they have the ability to infuse life into a city, and uncover the human connections that make up the tapestry of a geographical place.
In recognition of World Poetry Day, we encourage you to go and get lost in Melbourne, with the Melbourne Poetry Map. From the Degraves subway, to the wrong side of the tracks. If you’re new to the city, or have walked these streets before. According to creator, Eleanor Jackson, these are maps to another Melbourne.
By people who live and write here, people who leave their stories and their hopes like invisible murals on bleak city walls. This is poetry off the page and off the stage, yours to enjoy on a street or in a laneway or just travelling quietly in the Melbourne in your mind.”
Meander Melbourne with 8 self-guided poetry tours from some of the best poets . With your phone in hand, click around the map to explore your surroundings and get your bearings. Take a seat. Find a vantage point. Click play, and immerse yourself within the story.
Interactive audio tour maps created with Alpaca Maps
