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2002-2003 Poetry on Buses Competition

2002 logo: Lost & Found

Applicants were asked to create poems that relate to the theme Lost and Found. They were asked to spin a poetic tale of losing or finding their way, or losing or finding a person, place or thing. Tell of unexpected turns and where they took them. Take bus riders in to their own lost and found.

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The 2002-2003 Poets

I love you like my lost wallet
Kelli Russell Agodon

Reflections
Bill Armstrong

Landmarks
Paul Backstrom

My Sandwich
Lindsey Baggette

Salmon and Dream
Kathleen Baginski

I Remember Certainty
Matthew Baldwin

Hide and Seek
Kathy Banas

Lost
Ali Bilow

Industry
Sarah Bishop

Spare Buttons
Michael Bonacci

Losing Myself to the World
Becki Burgesser

Arizona
David Busby

Dawn Arrives in a Small Town
Julie Case

Translations
Susan Casey

foundling
Judith Clarke

Late Winter, Upstate New York
Patricia Coburn

Peek-a-boo
Caitlin Cohen

Silver
Ben Corwin

Apples
Martha Craig

Found
Jeff Crandall

Today's Bargain
Andrew Dolbeck

Jonas' Car, Seattle (abridged)
Jennifer Duncan

Strange Marriage
Dana Elkun

Owed to The Naked [Word]
Douglas Ende

When I put my coat on the hook
Xander Fehsenfeld

Trapped Like a Cat
Patrick Forgette

Dawn
Cat Francis

At the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center
Paula Jones Gardiner

Trusting the Dark
Pesha Gertler

Eighteen Again
Melinda Giese

Lost Sister
Alice Gillette

Ice Cream
Bryson Good

Lost Bread
Daniel Gotkin

Such Beauties
Don Hansbrough

Ritual
Laraine Hong

Rainier from the bend on I-5
Jill Hoogerhyde

Not for Love or Money
Sibyl James

The Unknown Missing, a list
Genevieve Johnson

Haiku
Priya Keefe

All Hail: Small Snail
John Kistner

Love Flambe
Elizabeth Knaster

To My Bus Pass
Andrew LaBonte

Swish
Dana Leisy

Forgotten Purse
Lynda Maraby

I Found
J. W. Marshall

Vigil
Claudia Mauro

Lost and Found
Gerry McFarland

Homeless
Gary Moffitt

Tango
Marina Pita

It's Midnight Somewhere
Kathleen Roberts

Dementia
Marilyn Sandall

At Rush Creek
Gary Schmechel

Letting Go
Susan Scott

Short Sleeves
Lynn Sellick-Lane

Rialto Beach Day Hike
Amanda Kaye Sellman

Pocketful
A. E. Swaney

to icarus, with love
Elspeth Taylor

Human
Ryan Turner

Lost Tranquility
Morgan Weiler

Last Seen...
Robert Zverina


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