Work | Cummins Poetry Room

The Paul Cummins poetry room Crossroads School was created as a place to archive the founder's extensive poetry collection for students to enjoy and create poetry of their own.

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Todd Baron, a career educator and poet, has taught at Crossroads for 25 years. His most recent books include As Yet and TV EYE (both from Chax Press.)

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These diagrams illustrate the sequence of insertions in what was an unused, windowless room in the existing library

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A construction photo showing the insertion of the plywood wrapper.

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A view of the room showing the number of different ways to experience the collection. The floor cushions provide a way to accommodate many students on the floor, and the cubes by ply furniture provide additional storage and seating. The plywood wrapper hosts a bench as well as the poetry collection.

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