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Haiku for the walls/at Harrison stop inspire/CTA, students

For dreary subways, add a little poetry; it will come to shine. It's a 17-syllable recipe for city beautification that a group of students from Columbia College and Jones College Prep has taken to heart over ...

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Delivery Guy

Chicago, IL

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#1
Jan 30, 2008
 
bus: toilet on wheels
bums pee in the rear exit
two bucks and your in

Calidore

Chicago, IL

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#2
Jan 30, 2008
 
Big man right by me
Had too much bran for breakfast
Why a slow zone now
Calidore

Chicago, IL

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#3
Jan 30, 2008
 
CTA was broke
Helped by a tax increase, now
They're fine but we're broke
Bill M

Moline, IL

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#4
Jan 31, 2008
 
Stealing CTA
Maps right off a Red Line train
Oh I miss those days
Mike M

Chicago, IL

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#5
Jan 31, 2008
 
Mystery odor
So potent I can taste it
Oh - it's my upper lip :(
pete

Chicago, IL

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#6
Jan 31, 2008
 
iPod listener
your music is way too loud
read a book instead
Nanashi No Gombe

Chicago, IL

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#7
Jan 31, 2008
 
The main problem with
public transportation is
presence of public.
Yikes

Chicago, IL

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#8
Jan 31, 2008
 
three cheers for art and humanity expressed anywhere
yay yay yay
spudart

Chicago, IL

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#9
Jan 31, 2008
 
i like how seven
of the first eight comments are
some thoughtful haikus.
Barb

Chicago, IL

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#10
Jan 31, 2008
 
IS THIS WHAT THE CTA IS WASTING MONEY ON NOW? NO WONDER THEY ARE ALWAYS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE. IT'S TIME THE CTA IS AUDITED, THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE CTA SHOULD BE PRIVITIZED. A PRIVATE COMPANY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS IF IT WERE RUN LIKE THE CTA. WHO CARES WHAT THE WALLS OF A CTA STATION LOOKS LIKE - WHAT A COLLOSSAL WASTE OF MONEY. ONCE AGAIN, OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK. WHAT NEXT? I GUARANTEE YOU THE CTA WILL BE CRYING POOR A YEAR FROM NOW AND THEY WILL ONCE AGAIN TRY TO THREATEN AND BLACKMAIL PEOPLE TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR REPS TO VOTE THEM MORE MONEY. NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE THE GUTS TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THEY SPEND MONEY AND HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS RUN.
Tired

Bloomington, IL

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#11
Jan 31, 2008
 
Listen up, Trixies
I don't care who you slept with
Don't shout in your phone
Bill M

Moline, IL

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#12
Feb 1, 2008
 
Barb wrote:
IS THIS WHAT THE CTA IS WASTING MONEY ON NOW?
Capital letters
Do not make me want to read
Barb's angry comments
sparky

Chicago, IL

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#13
Feb 1, 2008
 
Barb, your vitriol
is amusing; CTA
does not pay for this

Adopt-a-station
requires adoptees to
pay for most of costs

Capital letters
make you seem so angry; you
should try haiku instead
sparky

Chicago, IL

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#14
Feb 1, 2008
 
we are delayed due
to signal clearance, sorry
for inconvenience
Amanda Perry

Schaumburg, IL

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#15
Feb 1, 2008
 
I work for Dr. Graphx, the company that produced and installed the artwork.. Not one cent was billed to the CTA this job was for Columbia College, who has a lot of money, and the CTA merely granted them permission. Sorry something like this made you so upset Barb.
DmW

Chicago, IL

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#16
Feb 1, 2008
 
What is all this then?
To create some patterned words?
It sounds good to me.
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