poetry bridge

The Hambrug Bridge poem was installed in 2025 as a partnership between the Gemeente and TU Delft. This was the first poem I wrote about Delft. It was translated into Dutch by the first colleague I met working at the TU Delft Library. Inspired by the Parkhaven poetry bridge in Rotterdam, I reached out to its graphic designer; together we brought this public art project to life so that the Hambrug may serve as a literal and symbolic bridge between the municipality and the university.

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‘one puddle’ is an allusion to Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ and it is site-specific, celebrating the large puddle that forms on the nearby bike path—a puddle so big it forces you to slow down and acknowledge each other, while you joyfully ride through it together.

Media:

Poetry on renovated Hambrug takes passersby out of their daily routine - TU Delft | WIJStad
Bridging TU Delft and the city through poetry - TU Delft Library
TU Delft staff member’s poem graces the underside of the Hambrug bridge after major maintenance work - Delta
Bruggedicht op de Hambrug - Delft op Zondag
Bruggedicht op gerenoveerde Hambrug - Omroep Delft

Credits:

Poet: Vincent A. Cellucci*
Translator: Inge Steijger
Graphic Design: Monice Janson
Installation: Jasper Anker
Gemeente Delft: Maurice Simons, Sonja Kamp and Blanka de Bruyne
Special thanks to: Kornelis Fragakis (Art Conservator, TU Delft), Inge Bergman (Provincie Zuid-Holland), and Norbert van der Ven (Hollandia)

* ‘one puddle’ was published in: ~getting away with everything (Unlikely Books, 2021) a collaboration with New Orleans poet Christopher Shipman