Selected Lines: Part One

The first 74 lines that have been selected for potential use and their authors are listed below. All lines were reviewed by two committees, minus the names of the authors, in order for the process to be egalitarian.

Installed on SE 17th Ave at SE 16th, Portland. Written by Scot Siegel

Some of the lines may be fencing specific and others may be stamping specific, though most of them have been approved for both. If we use a line for the silt fencing portion of the project, we won’t necessarily know where it will be installed. We’ll be painting on the fencing and handing it over to the construction contractors to install as needed as part of the magic and serendipity of the process. It is possible that we will be able to track the locations of the lines and if we do, we will make the information available here.

When the stamping portion of the project is finalized, we will post a list with locations, lines and authors. The actual stamping process begins in July and continues until the project is complete in 2015.

A HIGH WATER MARK STILL RINGS THESE TREES	Tiel Aisha Ansari
I SING THE ELECTRIC LINES CHARGED FULL WITH SOULS	Tiel Aisha Ansari
PASS CAREFULLY BY LADD’S SPIDERWEB OF STREETS	Tiel Aisha Ansari
THE COUNTY LINE IS NOT MARKED ON THE EARTH	Tiel Aisha Ansari
FRESH OUT OF THE TUNNEL LIGHT IS MILK AND HOLY WATER	Amber T May
AWAKE A THROB OF CRICKETS IT TAKES THE WEIGHT OF YOU	Amy MacLennan
EVEN NOW THE HEART IS FLOWERING A WILD PATIENCE	Amy Schutzer
EVERY DAY WE END UP POLISHED FROM A ROUGHER STONE	Amy Schutzer
FENCE IS SIMPLE DIVISION INSISTENT AS SYLLABLES	Amy Schutzer
USE PINK SKY TO IRON WATER	Amy Schutzer
CLASS B CDL WITH P SAYS OK TO LRV TO SE PDX	Andrew Quadri
HER FACE AS SHE TURNS FROM THE WINDOW	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
LET THERE BE A NARROW MARGIN EMERGENT IN THE SAND	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
A RIVER, BLURRED IN THE DISTANCE	Anne Elizabeth Shaw
A BRIDGE CHANGES SYSTEMS	Annika Wang
CROSS THE FREIGHT TRACKS LATTICE OF STEEL & LIGHT	Ayelet Amittay
DUSKY WAREHOUSES EYES SHUT BACKS TO THE RIVER	Ayelet Amittay
FREIGHT CARS CHUFFING ON THE LADDERED LANES	Ayelet Amittay
STEEL CABLES SOLDER THE SKY TO STAINED GLASS	Ayelet Amittay
THE OLD TREES SWEEP OUR WAY POUR OVER THE ASPHALT	Ayelet Amittay
WE WERE SHORTWAVE WE WERE WHAT ROVES	B.T. Shaw
SWOLLEN SWIRLING EDDIES CLAIM UNMOORED THOUGHTS	Becca Biggs
ILLUMINATED WE FLOAT LIKE FINGERPRINTS ON GLASS	Brigitte Goetze
A RIVER OF STRIPED STEEL, OF ROLLING GLASS	Carol Weliky
EVERY DIRECTION LEADS US BACK AGAIN	Casey Neill
PULLING THOUGHTS OVER HOLLOWS WALKING TO THE RIVER	Charles F. Thielman
RIVER’S EBB ENSCRIBED ON BRIDGE LEGS	Charles F. Thielman
PEOPLE PULLER WHISPERS ALONG	Quake Tornieri
ON THE ORANGE LINE ONE BLUE UMBRELLA LEFT BEHIND	M
ON TRAINS WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER	M
SET YOUR BAGS DOWN FOR A FEW NIGHTS	David Biespiel
EARTH AND SKY PRESS US LIKE LETTERS TO EACH OTHER	Dinae E Horne
I IMAGINE YOU AND HOW I BRUSHED BY YOU WITH WORDS	Elisabeth Tschalaer
CARRY THESE WORDS LIKE FOLD UP CHAIRS ACROSS TIME	Frances Payne Adler
MUTUALLY WOVEN INTO ANOTHER’S CONSIDERATION	Garret Potter
I SEE MOONLIGHT RUSHING ON THIN RIVERS OF STEEL	Gillian Zacharias
INTO THE LILT SONG INTO THE FLASHES OF RED	Gregory Chaimov
STEEL ON STEEL RACING TO CATCH THE MELODY	Gregory Chaimov
THE RUT A THOUSAND HOOVES HAVE CUT	Gregory Chaimov
A TREE IS MY UMBRELLA	Helen Nighthawk
KNIT THE CITY BONES RIDE THE VEINS	J. Graham Murtaugh
POETRY IS THE SOUL’S EROSION CONTROL	J. Graham Murtaugh
DAY TRAIL NIGHT VEIL LIGHT RAIL	Jana Zvibleman
COASTING OUR BOUNDARIES WE FOREVER RIDE THE LINE	Jordan brown
A HOST OF OAKS TILTING TOWARD RECOGNITION	Jules Boykoff
SHE SNAPPED PHOTOS OF THINGS I COULDN’T SEE	Jules Boykoff
ATOP AN OPULENCE OF STICKS OSPREYS SPY THE RIVER	Kaia Sand
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA WITH YOUR RAIN	Kunal Mehra
IMPRESSED (DATE OF STAMPING WILL BE ADDED AFTER “IMPRESSED”)	L. C. Simpson
CRAWLING IN DUST HOW HEAVY THESE FEET OF CLOUDS	Laura Winter
COSMOPOLIS STRETCHES OUT AN ARM	Magdalen Powers
BEHIND THE VEIL OF MORNING FOG MOUNT HOOD	Margaret Chula
NEAR REED I SAW LONG AGO A POND WITH WHITE GEESE	Margaret Krausse
OCHER AND BLUE OUR SHADOWS SWIM THROUGH EACH OTHER	Margaret Thomas
BARN SWALLOWS FLYING TILT RHYTHM QUICK AND DIVING	Melanie Green
A SEED BLOWN THERE BY ACCIDENT	Micki Selvitella
MY STONE SKIN CHIPS AWAY AS HERONS BREEZE OVERHEAD	Mike Aspros
STONES STAND STEADY TO DULL THE BULLDOZER’S BLADE	Mike Aspros
WHEN THE COYOTES CRY YOU’LL HEAR THE CHINOOK WIND	Mike Aspros
INSERT TRAVELERS PROVERB HERE	Olivia Blacklock
PRIMERO Y PARA SIEMPRE EL ESPIRITU DEL CAMINO	Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate
A LOOK A NOD, THE SUBTLE BUILDING OF A SMILE	Peg Butler
CIVILITY UNSPOKEN AS EACH STEP CONSIDERS THE OTHER	Peg Butler
GRAPEVINE RIGHT GRAPEVINE LEFT BACKWARD WALKS	Peg Butler
KICK KICK TRIPLE STEP ACROSS POINT	Peg Butler
SHE KNEW SHE WOULD GET THERE IN TIME	Peg Butler
WHERE ARE WE GOING TOGETHER	Sandy Sampson
WILLAMETTE RIVER WHITTLED BY RIPRAP AND WAPATO	Sara J. Call
EVERYONE IS A LITTLE MORE FAMOUS ON A TRAIN	Scot Siegel
HERE JURIES OF MOSS AND LICHEN REST IN THE TREES	Scot Siegel
IN SPRINGTIME EVERYONE SECRETLY LOVES YOU	Scot Siegel
UNDER A ZIPPER OF BRIDGES OUR GREEN CITY THRUMS	Scot Siegel
IN SNOW WE SLED DOWN THE BIG HILL AT 26TH & DOVE	Tina Buettell
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND FACES SKETCHED FAST	Wendy Moidel

Installed on SE 16th Ave at SE 17th, Portland. Written by Scot Siegel

Installed at SE 17th and SE 16th, Portland. Written by Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate.