Moving Poems connects poetry to campus through a collaboration of the ASU Office of Public Art, Regents Professor Alberto Rios and his creative writing students.
Students submitted short poems or phrases with themes suggesting movement or transportation. Winning selections were “published” on a new, mobile medium -- campus utility carts. Each work is accompanied by an image of the poet.
It’s not uncommon to see poetry such as “Do not let the desert bloom without you,” and “The slower you go, the less you lose,” displayed on the sides of the white carts, which will be refreshed periodically.

Funding for this project was provided by the Herberger College of the Arts and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.