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1998 Poetry on Buses Competition

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The theme of 1998's Poetry Bus Project was "Telling Our Stories." Poets were asked to submit a poem that they would like to share with someone sitting next to them on a bus. The goal was to put together a collection of poems honoring the broad range of cultural influences and ethnic traditions that enrich our region. Accompanying each poem is a short biographical statement by the poet. Graphic designer Juliet Shen created a strong visual identity for the Poetry Bus cards and printed collection.

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The 1998 Poets

Regrade '96
Bob Birnbaum

EIDETIC (October 31st)
Robert Ward

(untitled)
Steve Potter

In Her Garden
Kevin Miller

Then
Annie Snider

A Letter To Kristin
Robert Lyons

If I Let Myself
Alice C. Morse

Hymn for a Hearing Aid User
Emily C. Mandelbaum

Saying Goodbye
Marie L. Suter

At the Nursing Home
Joan Swift

Picnic on a Grave
Toni La Ree Bennett

What Jim Said About Bowbells, North Dakota
Kevin Miller

EAVESDROPPING ON THE METRO 43
Ted Lord

Sign Language
Christine Eisen

Dragonfly
Sallie Constant and
Irene Scher

LILAC FESTIVAL
Eric Reitan

ELEVEN THIRTEENTHS OVER HER
Joe Crookes

That Morning At Lake Dorothy
Sibyl James

HEADSTONES
Ron Starr

Evidence
Linda Greenmun

Area Codes
Madeline DeFrees

Survivor
Robin Shear

Lesson at Dinner
Sean Bahner-Guhin

Blueberry Season, 1976
Eileen Walsh Duncan

Even though
Lynn Miller

small peace
Holly Amber Graham

Making Paper
Kris Caldwell

At the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, Banning, California
Martha Silano

Hush
Kate Loeb

Feet
Marina Pita

here and now
Tamara Stull

ROSARY
Ellie Mathews

Tintinnabulum
(Weedspeak #1)

Melanie Noel

From The Picture Window
Gary A. Winans

Juice
Ellen Elizabeth

Bobby Morris and I
Cathy Ruiz

Dreaming with Sister
Derek Sheffield

The Shoeshiner
Ric Amante

DEDICATION FOR AN OLD HOUSE
(for M and K)

Ed Hausken

MIXED BREED
Michael Gregory

Intersection
Sarah Gallagher

i fall again, into you
Cathie Jo Vacca

In My Grandmother's House Everything
Rebecca Loudon

Pioneer
Colin Berg

Justice
Kathy Banas

New Guinea Nightsong
D. Lothar Pietz

Elegy: Don Cherry and
Don Pullen (1995)

Chris Gompert

SPIRIT HOUSE DREAMS
Slattery

DISCLOSURE
Julianne Adams

Pear Tree
Paula Jones Gardiner

What I Leave Behind
Rachel Norton

Dawn
Ruth Yarrow

Ship Canal
Jeff Buckelew

AMERICAN VOYAGE
Sheryl Sirotnik

when you are hungry
Michelle Tibbetts

Navajo Country
Paul Zilly

SUNDAY
Cate Wilcox

Four Years, Four Photographs
Debra Anderson Harrigan

North of Manila in Bulacan
Mabelle Labitoria

No, you have the wrong number,
Kathleen Flenniken


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