LOCUS POETICA IS CONNECTING PEOPLE, PARKS, AND POETRY.
Poetry in the Parks has developed Locus Poetica, a mobile app that invites users to experience nature and public history through poetry. Using geolocation, the app enables users to discover poems connected to the parks, trails, and historic sites they visit.
Each poem in this global humanities project is rooted in a specific place, encouraging visitors to explore a land community's history, ecology, and cultural significance through poetry.
Discovering the poems that are rooted in the places where they stand, users experience their land communities in deeper and more meaningful ways.
LOCUS POETICA APP LAUNCH
The Locus Poetica mobile app will be launched for iOS and Android in August 2026.
Visitors can preview the app on their mobile device to experience touch gestures and native features now by following these steps:
1.) Download Expo Go This free app will let you access the app instantly.
2.) Use your camera to scan the QR code to the left to launch the app on Expo Go.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY.
Navigate an interactive poetry map, browse a collection of poems in text and audio, and submit your own work inspired by the public parks, conservancies, and historical sites you love.
Check out the map.
Explore Locus Poetica's interactive map to discover poems inspired by the land communities you move through.
Read and hear poems.
Wherever you are, Locus Poetica can help you find poems rooted in place.
Discover poems and experience places with fresh perspective.
Contribute.
Share your work through the app and help grow a global collection of place-based poetry that connects people with the land communites they love.