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Glass Holes: A Healing Verse Germantown Poetry and Public Art Audio Installation

todayApril 7, 2026

Background
  • Poem by Zawadi Levy
  • Poem Title: Glass Holes
  • Musical composition and recitation by V. Shayne Frederick
  • Introduction by Trapeta B. Mayson


Healing Verse Germantown, The Streets Are Talking project transforms the voices of those touched by gun violence into healing works of poetry and public art.  This project is supported by the City of Philadelphia through Creative Philadelphia and a winner of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge grant.  If you’d like to learn more about Healing Verse Germantown, please call the phone line at 1-855-POEMRX2 or visit HealingVerseGermantown.com.
Glass Holes was written in Germantown’s Lonnie Young Recreation Center by Zawadi Levy.  It is composed and recited by the Philadelphia musician and composer V. Shayne Frederick.

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