tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2492968747023362358.post-21086224528213824902008-02-14T10:24:00.000-09:002008-02-14T10:34:29.418-09:00<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I just found out I've had a poem accepted for the Poetry Ominbus project! The Juneau Arts Council and Capital Transit partner to put poems on the all the busses in Juneau. It's such a cool idea. I ride the bus pretty often and last year it was great to see everyone's poems up there. Here's the poem they accepted:<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><strong>Womb Rain</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Silver bells of rain on the porch roof<br />recall us to the womb<br /><br />the ringing of shower streams<br />against a taut, bare belly<br /><br />and our first water selves,<br />small tails, webbed hands touching<br /><br />our first faces. Perhaps in heaven<br />the room where babies wait<br /><br />has a metal roof, and a chorus of rain<br />singing us into being.<br /><br /><br /><br />I've been surfing around to see bus poems in other cities, and I found this terrific poem that was posted on a bus in Seattle:<br /><br /><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong>My Sandwich</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br />That man stole my sandwich.<br />I had it five minutes ago,<br />And I know<br />He’s always after my sandwiches.<br />So<br />He eyes me conspicuously<br />As I eye him back<br />Knowingly.<br />We make eye contact.<br />There’s a blatant connection.<br />Oh yes,<br />I’m on to him.<br />Oh wait, here it is.<br />Lindsey Baggette<br />Eastlake High School<br />Grade 11<br /><br />It's that fabulous? I laugh every time I read it.</span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276896346709199428noreply@blogger.com