Ciudad Poesia: Poetry in the Age of Connection
August 8 – September 5, 2025
Poetry is my vehicle of expression.
It’s a dance floor—sometimes I dance freely, sometimes I stand still and just listen. But always, it is where I return to make sense of the world and my place in it.
This installation is a meditation on connection—on the mysterious, fleeting beauty of being alive and crossing paths with others. Each poem on display was born in real time, during moments shared with strangers who, for a few minutes, trusted me with their stories. What I wrote for them became a mirror for us both.
The typewriter is central to my practice. There’s something eternal about the way it stamps each word onto the page—no undo button, no digital interference. I’ve collected over 30 vintage typewriters, each one a relic with its own ghost stories, fingerprints, and forgotten intentions. Together, they carry the spirit of writers past and present. Their clack and rhythm are part of my ritual.
Alongside these machines, you’ll find framed and unframed poems—some left raw and solitary, others transformed in collaboration with visual artists into illustrated pieces. These pages are not polished declarations. They are traces of spontaneous intimacy. Evidence that we are all, in some way, reaching for the same things: love, understanding, memory, belonging.
Although this installation is fully analog, my poetry has always lived in many forms. Music has long been part of my language, and I’ve created numerous poetry music videos—extensions of the same spirit—that are available on my YouTube channel (just search The Biscayne Poet). These works reflect my ongoing attempt to blur boundaries between forms, to let poetry dance wherever it wants.
This space is not just an exhibition. It’s an offering. A moment to pause. A chance to read a few lines and, maybe, feel less alone in this world. My hope is that in the typewritten marks, in the silence between words, you find something that speaks back to you.
Because what is poetry, if not a shared breath between strangers?
Oscar Fuentes
Oscar Fuentes, also known as The Biscayne Poet, is a Miami-born writer, performer, and visual storyteller whose work bridges poetry, music, and analog ritual. His practice includes spontaneous typewriter poems, jazz-infused performances, and community activations rooted in vulnerability and presence.
