Celebrate a Year of Poetry on Buses at Two Readings

Poetry on Buses poems on a King County Metro bus, 2016. Photo by Tim Aguero.

Monday, April 23, 4:30—6:30 pm
Starting at Rainier Beach Link light rail station, heading south to Angle Lake station

Monday, April 30, 8:00—10:00 am
Bellevue Transit Center platform

Join us as we close out a year of community-sourced poetry in motion! Since launching Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water last April, we’ve experienced the poetic voice of King County online, on public transit, at watersheds, festivals, and more. In celebration of this extraordinary year, we’re offering two opportunities for you to hear some of the poets read their work out loud and in motion. On April 23—the last official day of new daily poems on poetryonbuses.org—meet us at the Rainier Beach Link light rail station for a poetry-filled evening commute. We’ll travel south to the Angle Lake station as Punjabi, Ethiopian, and Indigenous poets read their work. On April 30, we’ll start the day at the Bellevue Transit Center, with more poets reading their work in their native languages. Please note: you must have proof of fare payment to ride light rail.

A new poem will be posted every day at poetryonbuses.org through April 23—experience them all! Poetry on Buses: Your Body of Water has been a partnership between 4Culture, the Office of Arts & Culture Seattle, Sound Transit, King County Metro Transit, King County Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Water and Land Resources Division, and Seattle Public Utilities.