Lancaster County writers' work posted in city buses for commuters to contemplate | Entertainment | lancasteronline.com

Starting in late January, Red Rose Transit Authority commuters were transported not only by bus but by poetry.

Twenty short, six-line poems about bodies of water, written by local poets, appear on placards inside 20 Red Rose Transit buses.

Poetry in Transit is a public art project launched by word hive — a Columbia-based nonprofit focused on poetry education and awareness — in partnership with the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House at Franklin & Marshall College and Vector Media.

"One of the goals is to bring poetry into public spaces in ways that people who may not normally see it, can see it," says co-founder Tom Johnson-Medland, 63, of Columbia. "The transit system is one great way to plant seeds of poetry. It's not only just about giving the community a taste of poetry, but it's also about connecting poets who might not normally have access to each other."

Writers featured in the Poetry in Transit program will read their poems during an event at the Columbia Crossing River Trails Center in Columbia from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23.

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