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2005 Poetry on Buses Competition

       
 

Welcome to Poetry on Buses 2005, a collection of poems inspired by the theme Self Portrait. A self-portrait can illustrate how we see ourselves-our past, present and what we hope to become.

     

This theme enticed more than 1800 residents of King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish Counties who submitted poems for consideration. The jury selected 60 poems by adults and young people. Each of the selected poems are included in a book and on bus placards distributed throughout the King County Metro bus fleet.

Poetry on Buses brings the voices of local poets to the bus riders of King County, making art a part of everyday life. Ride the bus, and see where the poems take you…

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

The 2005 Poets

Abuse IV
Bobby Anderson

Clam Viewing Sculpture at 4th and Madison
Paul Backstrom

Night Kisses Earth
Kathryn Bailey

Great-Grandfather No-Name
M.E. Balmforth

My Education
Erin Bogarte

Chime
Laura Brady

N Vwls
Max Buhman

When I Awake, Daughter, What Matters
Denise Calvetti Michaels

Where I Am From
Katrina Carlsen

Where I'm From
Brittany Carroll-Watts

I kin take it lyin' down
SuJ'n Chon

Separate
Rio Cole

Hibernian Haiku
Molly Curran

Wandering
Jazmine Daley

Troublemaker
Wilson Diehl

The Worry Pumpkin
Eileen Duncan

Untitled
Bobbi Dykema Katsanis

Inheritance
Megan Fesinmeyer

the swede equation
William Freeberg

Voices of Heritage
Anna Freedman

The Summer I Turn 12
Paula Gardiner

Summer in the Methow
Kathy Heffernan

My Subconscious
Ronda Hermanson

Boy from Auburn Valley
Dennis Herren

Fulcrum
Alicia Hokanson

Spitting Image
Ann Batchelor Hursey

Gorgons in the Ride Free Zone
Candace Jarrett

My Universe
Chi-Won Kim

draconigena
Sammi Jo Lee

Bull Kelp
Jessica Levine

Pink Flesh Transparency
Stine Loughlin

Untitled
Karla Manus

Water Aerobics at the YMCA
Margaret McLeod

Idle October
Anna Miller

Four Secrets
Erin Jane Miller

Rust
Jane Minifie

Winter Class in Self-Portraiture, 1993
Christina Nation

Blurred Reflection
Sarah Neal

Beauty Secrets
Suzanne O'Clair

Self-Portrait
Angela Omulepu

Asterisk
Nancy Pagh

My Life As I See It
Christopher Parks

Portrait of Myself as a Mailbox on Locust Road
Catherine Phelps

The Telemarketer
Scott Provence

I'm in Love with Your Bathtub
Rebecca Rekow

Child of Israel
Alissa Resnick

Martial Artist
Thom Schramm

Reflection in the Sun
Andy Senter

Brocaded Life
Hagar Shirman

I Want the Sunflowers, My Hair Messy Like Their Hair
Martha Silano

Passenger
Betty Jane Sparenberg

Casting
Joannie Stangeland

Not Worth Explaining
Jenn Sundt

Like You
Aujzha Taylor-Shaw

Midnight Glide
Guy Thompson

When I was Growing Up in Walla Walla
K. K. Todorovich

Conversation with my heart
Joe Walker

It Should Have Been a Carry-on
Jill Webber

changes
Barbara Wolf

misquoted
Amanda Wong


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