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Some gathered words that can be used by poets and writers to begin to describe Tacoma. Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets
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5 Mile Drive
6th Ave
Alberta Canada
Alfred’s Cafe
Almond Roca
Anderson Island
Annie Wright
Anthem Coffee
Antique Row
Aroma
ASARCO
Asia Pacific Cultural Center
Banana Slug
Beer
Berliner Beerhall
Blair Waterway
Blue Cactus Press
Blue Mouse Theater
BNSF
Bob's Java Jive
Broadway Center for Performing Arts
Brown & Haley Factory Store
Browns Point Lighthouse
Buffalo Soldiers Museum
Burger Ranch
Camp Murray
Campfire Coffee
Cape Intrepid
Cape Island
Carnegie Library
Central Tacoma
Chambers Bay
Chambers Creek
Charlotte's Blueberry Park
Cheney Stadium
Chihuly
China Lake
Chinese Expulsion
Chinese Reconciliation Park
Cider
City of Destiny
Cliff House
Coffee
Commencement Bay
Connie's Donuts & Espresso
Corina Bakery
Cosmonaut Coffee Co.
Coxswain Press
Creative Colloquy
Cushman Power
Dash Point
Dickman Mill
Dirty Oscar's Annex
Division
Dock Street
Dockside Donuts
Dorky’s Arcade
Douglas Fir
Downtown Tacoma
Doyle's Public House
Dune Peninsula
E 34th St Bridge
E9 Firehouse
Earnest S. Brazill Street
East Side Community Center
Eastern Gulch
Eastside
Edison City
Elf Storage
Engine House
Evergreen State College
Eyes of the Totem
Fallen Riders Outdoor Memorial
Fern Hill
Fern Hill Library
Ferry terminal
Fircrest
Fireboat No. 1
Fort Lewis
Fort Nisqually
Fort Steilacoom
Foss Landing
Foss Maritime
Foss Waterway Seaport
Fox Island
Freighthouse Square
Frisko Freeze
Fuzhou Ting
Gallagher’s Gulch
Galloping Gertie
Garfield Gulch
Gari of Sushi
Gig Harbor
Glass Bridge
Greek Festival
Grit City
Harbor Lights
Harbor Seal
Harmon
Harmon Building
Heidelberg Brewing
Hilltop
Hilltop A Go-Go
Hilltop Artists
Hob Nob
Holy Rosary
Hong Kong Supermarket
Honk! Fest
Hosmer
Hotel Murano
Hotshop
Hylebos Creek
Jack Hyde Park
Japanese Garden
Joint Base Lewis McCord
Jefferson Park
Job Carr Cabin
Johnny’s Dock
Johnny’s Fine Food
Johnson Candy
Jubilee Burger
Kalakala
Karpeles Manuscript Museum
Katie Downs
Kayak
Ketron Island
King's Books
Klallam
Knapp's
Kobetich Library
Kraken
LeMay - America’s Car Museum
Lincoln High School
Lincoln International District
Lincoln Pharmacy
Lowell
Lummi
Lushootseed
Lux Coffee
McCarver
Mad Hat Tea Co.
Madrona
Malahat
Manitou
Manny Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr. Way
McKinley Hill
McMenamin's Elks Temple
McNeil Island
Merlino Art Center
Monkey Shine
Moore Library
Mottet Library
MSM Deli
Mt. Tahoma
Murray Morgan Bridge
Museum of Glass
Nalley Valley
Narrows Bridge
New Tacoma
Nisqually Power Station
Nooksack
Normanna Hall
Norpoint
North End
North Slope
Northeast Tacoma
Northern Fish
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest Detention Center
Oakland
Old City Hall
Old Town
Olympus Hotel
Orca
Over the Moon Cafe
Owen Beach
Pacific Avenue
Pacific Lutheran University
Pantages Theater
Paper mill
Parable
Pearl Street
People's Center
People's Park
Pho King
Pilings
Point Defiance
Point Defiance Lodge
Port of Tacoma
Portland Ave Nursery
Portland Ave.
Prairie Line
Puget Creek
Puget Park
Puget Sound
Puyallup
Puyallup Ave
Puyallup River
Pythian Temple
Rainiers
Red Elm Cafe
Redlining Map
Rescue Mission
Rhododendron
Rialto Theater
Rose Garden
Rosewood Cafe
Ruston
Ruston Way
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Salish Sea
Salishan
Salmon Beach
Sanford & Sons
Schuster Parkway
Shake Shake Shake
Skagit
Skyline
Slavonian Hall
SOTA
South End
South Tacoma
South Tacoma Library
South Tacoma Way
Southern Kitchen
Spanish Steps
Sprague Ave
Spring Hill
Springtide Press
Squamish
St. Helens Ave
St. Joe's
Stadium Bowl
Stadium District
Stadium High School
Stanley & Seaforts
STAR Center
Starr St.
Steilacoom
Stewart
Stewart Heights
Swan Creek
Swasey Library
T-Town
Tacoma Armory
Tacoma Aroma
Tacoma Arts Museum
Tacoma Buddhist Church
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma Dome
Tacoma Little Theater
Tacoma Main Library
Tacoma Screw
Tahoma
Tahlequah
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Temple Theater
Ten of Us
Ten Things I Hate About You
Terminus
The Fish Peddler
The Grand Cinema
The Mule Tavern
The Nearsighted Narwhal
The New Frontier Lounge
The Proctor
Thea Foss Waterway
Theater District
Theater on the Square
Tideflats
Tinkertopia LLC
Titlow Beach
Titlow Park
Top of Tacoma
Tote Maritime
Totem Pole
Trestle
Trolley
Tulalip
U Betcha Pub
Union Depot
Union Station Courthouse
University of Puget Sound
University of Washington Tacoma
University Place
Valhalla Coffee Co
Vashon Island
Vassault Park
Viet Dong
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory
Wapato Park
Washington State History Museum
Water Flume Line
Wayzgoose
Weekly Volcano
West End
Weyerhaeuser Mansion
Wheelock Library
Winthrop Hotel
Wright Park
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For guidance on how to craft a lexicon for your own writing, check out The Writer’s Portable Mentor by Priscilla Long.