Despite having lived here for 13 years now, I only recently visited the Central Library in downtown Seattle for the first time. It is a fantastic building, architecturally, inside and out. It is also a wonderful library: so many places to sit and read or quietly work.
(Cross-posted from my site: https://andrewflenniken.com/2026/02/03/february-3rd-2026-unexpected-library-poetry/)
I explored from bottom to top and at the highest point, in a particularly quiet and secluded place where you can look all the way to the bottom of the atrium, I found poetry. You kind of expect to find poetry in a library, but not quite like this.
Who knows how long it will stay there. I'm sure someday it will be cleaned away but with this photo, at least, we'll remember it was there.
Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 40mm f2
