Bridge Poem

Authors

Vincent A. Cellucci
TU Delft Library, University Corporate Office, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-2832
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/mt.215.50

Synopsis

“Bridge Poem” is an exploration of the ways in which poetry can intervene in public space, transforming ordinary structures into sites of artistic expression, collaboration, and cultural significance. Through a series of photographs, texts, a poem, and its translation, this project serves as a snippet case study highlighting the often-overlooked moments in cities, spaces where poetry can and does appear. This visual essay about a bridge design from a site-specific poem—which was realised in Delft—reveals the ways in which words can be used to reshape our understanding of the urban landscape.

Author Biography

Vincent A. Cellucci, TU Delft Library, University Corporate Office, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Vincent A. Cellucci wrote Absence Like Sun (Lavender Ink, 2019) and An Easy Place / To Die (CityLit Press, 2011). He also has three collaborative poetry titles: come back river (Finishing Line Press, 2014); _ a ship on the line (Unlikely Books, 2014), which was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award; and the most recently released ~getting away with everything (Unlikely Books, 2021). Vincent performed Diamonds in Dystopia, an interactive poetry web app at sxsw in 2017, and the poem was anthologized in Best American Experimental Writing 2018. He works at the TU Delft Library and combines technology and poetry at Leiden University.

Image of an overgrown stairwell

Volume

Poetics of Place

Pages

163-175

Published

December 31, 2025

Categories

Copyright (c) 2025 Klaske Havik, Angeliki Sioli, Vincent A. Cellucci, Jeremy Allan Hawkins

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Cellucci, V. A. (2025). Bridge Poem. In K. Havik, A. Sioli, V. A. Cellucci, & J. A. Hawkins (Eds.), Poetics of Place (pp. 163-175). TU Delft OPEN Books. https://doi.org/10.59490/mt.215.50