Poets' Wall

Poets' Wall is a mural with verses on the wall of a former prison, on the passage from ulica 29 Listopada to Park Traugutta in Kutno. It was created as a memorial to successive editions of the poetry festival "Złoty Środek Poezji" [Golden Centre of Poetry] and combines street painting with text.

The festival that gave rise to the wall

The "Złoty Środek Poezji" festival was founded in 1989 by poet Artur Fryz, and its first edition took place in 2005. It is the laureates of successive festival editions whose verses are transferred onto the wall at the entrance to the park.

The first verse on the wall

The author of the first verse placed on the wall was Wojciech Gierdys, a festival laureate, and it was painted by artist Tomasz Czyżewski. After him, further quotations from poems awarded in "Złoty Środek Poezji" began to appear on the wall.

About a dozen murals and traces of vandalism

By 2017, around twelve such painted verses had accumulated on the wall. Some of them suffered damage from acts of vandalism, so the exact number of legible inscriptions today is often fewer than at the time of creation.

Practical information

• Address: passage from ulica 29 Listopada to Park Traugutta, Kutno.
• Getting there: Kutno city centre, on foot from the park side or from ulica 29 Listopada.
• What to expect: a short wall with painted poetry verses, accessible around the clock, a good spot on a walking route through the park.