We hope that your walk through the park has inspired your creativity. Send Poem Quest a poem of your own! You can write about your experience of the park, a spot in it that caught your attention, or a story about yourself and what brings you here. We would love to see it.

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About

Take a walk through Newark’s Riverfront Park searching for poems that tell the stories of the people who visit it! Listen to the poems by following the trail of photographs by photojournalist Ed Kashi that provide clues for discovering the poetry in and of Riverfront Park. 

Poetry has long been a means of personal storytelling; PoemQuest tells the story of Riverfront Park through the voices of local poets commissioned by Newest Americans to interview visitors and share their stories through poetry. The poets asked questions designed to understand how visitors are connected to the park and to New Jersey—Where did your family come from before settling in New Jersey? What brought you here? What brings you to this park? 

PoemQuest connects art to history through an interactive game that peoples the park with poetry. Once you play the game we encourage you to share your own poem about the journey that led you to Newark and your connection to Riverfront Park. Submit your poem

Location One

paulA neves

Saving the World, One Scrimmage at a Time

paulA neves is a writer, mixed media artist, educator and Newark native whose works aim, overtly or otherwise, to honor immigrant forebears whose sacrifices made so much possible.

Are you ready to find paulA’s poem?
It is hidden between the soccer field and the river.
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Location Two

Dmitri Reyes

Kyrie 4’s ™   

Dimitri Reyes is a Puerto-Vegan content writer, educator, and YouTuber from Newark, New Jersey.

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It is hidden in the park near the basketball court.
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Location Three

Dania Rohani

Fifteen

Dania Rohani is an alumna of Rutgers University, a recipient of two FASN Dean undergraduate research fellowships in congenital blindness and quantum computing, and author of Can Only Feel Time Through Memory, a forty-page manuscript of short poems to be published.

Are you ready to find Dania’s poem?
It is hidden in the park near the soccer field.
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Location Four

paulA neves

Dawn

paulA neves is a writer, mixed media artist, educator and Newark native whose works aim, overtly or otherwise, to honor immigrant forebears whose sacrifices made so much possible.

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It is hidden between the river and the body shop.
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Location Five

Dmitri Reyes

Tire

Dimitri Reyes is a Puerto-Vegan content writer, educator, and YouTuber from Newark, New Jersey.

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It is hidden in the park overlooking the river.
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Location Six

Dania Rohani

Vagabond

Dania Rohani is an alumna of Rutgers University, a recipient of two FASN Dean undergraduate research fellowships in congenital blindness and quantum computing, and author of Can Only Feel Time Through Memory, a forty-page manuscript of short poems to be published.

Are you ready to find Dania’s poem?
It is hidden in the park near fork in the path.
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Location Seven

paulA neves

Written on Water

paulA neves is a writer, mixed media artist, educator and Newark native whose works aim, overtly or otherwise, to honor immigrant forebears whose sacrifices made so much possible.

Are you ready to find paulA’s poem?
It is hidden in the park near the orange sculpture.
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Location Eight

Dania Rohani

Panacea

Dania Rohani is an alumna of Rutgers University, a recipient of two FASN Dean undergraduate research fellowships in congenital blindness and quantum computing, and author of Can Only Feel Time Through Memory, a forty-page manuscript of short poems to be published.

Are you ready to find Dania’s poem?
The poem is hidden on the orange path.
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Location Nine

Dmitri Reyes

And You Ask Me, Why Here?

Dimitri Reyes is a Puerto-Vegan content writer, educator, and YouTuber from Newark, New Jersey.

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The poem is hidden by the drawbridge.
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