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1999 Poetry on Buses Competition

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The theme of 1999's Poetry Bus Project was "Paint Me a Poem: A Canvas of Words." Poets were asked to create poems that illustrated their unique identity. Let the reader know about yourself and who you are. 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 Tomas Suarez created a strong visual identity for the Poetry Bus cards and printed collection.

To view other published poems, click a year shown below.

The 1999 Poets

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Vivienne Alcantara

I Know Why My Mother Wakes Early
Ann Batchelor Hursey

When WE Went to School
Elaine P. Bishop

Shine
Nicole Blake

Parker Brothers
Mikaelin Blue Spruce

Raza
Luis Bolanos

Charlie Foot was a pioneer rancher
Christopher Bollweg

For The Record
John Burgess

The Cut-Outs Of Henri Matisse
Patricia Coburn

The Stock Trail
Brant Connors

Ochoco Theatre/ 1957
L.E. Cornelison

Forest Partisan
L.E. Cornelison

Scarecrow Garden
Madeline DeFrees

Crossing Borders
Yussef El Gvindi

Wounded Knee 1890, 1973, 1998
Carla Evans

Bad Timing
Waverly Fitzgerald

How to Make A Box
Kathleen Flenniken

Dog Walk in the Spring Woods - for Bailey, Peaches, and Scout
Laura Gamache

Looking Back
Julie Gerrard

Flamante Paradigma / Splendid Paradigm
Felicia Gonzalez

Sin Vergenza / Without Shame
Felicia Gonzalez

Ritual
Sharon Hashimoto

Dryer Number Three
Gregory Hischak

Night Cat
Alicia Hokanson

Late Spring, walking
Alicia Hokanson

Postcard Proposals
Sibyl James

Saint James
Kitti Jones

October
Virginia Kammeyer

Working at my parent's restaurant on a monday evening
I-Ching Lao

Iowa Post Cards
Jared Leising

I Got a Job Today
Michael Louder

Transit
Chris MacElveen

Office Job
Marsha Major

third avenue
Karla Manus

Benavides, Texas, 1906
Marissa Martnez

Towards Nighttime
Matthew Metsker

Sticky Summers - Detroit circa 1957
Marilyn Meyer

Remodel
Donna Miscolta

Fourteen
Donna Miscolta

Release
Marlene Muller

Becoming Eighty
Mary L. Needham

Low On The Northwest Food Chain
Lisa Noble

a map of the back roads
Tim O'Neel

New Roads
Natalie Olsen

Mom and Pop
Linda Orlin

Canto I
R McNaughton Phillips

Alphabet Pilot
Geoff Pope

It's very 1999
Julie E. Rieg

Raven
Don Roberts

Last Visit
Marilyn Sandall

Cricket
Maggie Sandford

Thrift Store
Lenore Severson

A job
Michael P. Smith

The Bengal Tiger
Michael Spence

Trust
Joannie Kervran Strangeland

The Search
Peggy Sturdivant

Flagger Goddess
John Sutherland

Winter Dreams
Annie Trickery

Espresso Girl
Julie Marie Wade

my life
Paul Walker


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