This public street project, modeled after Boston’s Raining Poetry Project, opens on July 1st in conjunction with the 2017 Roxbury Sidewalk Festival. Poems will be stenciled on the sidewalks of Roxbury using biodegradable water-repellent spray. THE POEMS WILL REMAIN INVISIBLE ON SUNNY DAYS, BUT ONCE WATER HITS THEM, THE POEMS WILL SUDDENLY, MAGICALLY REVEAL THEMSELVES!   Raining Poetry in Roxbury 2017 will feature approximately 20 poems stenciled on our sidewalks. This is a fun and unexpected way to expose people to poetry. Wanted: Original short poems, 4 line max, 16 word max.