ALEXANDRIA, VA–April is National Poetry Month, so the DASHing Words in Movement poetry contest, an once-a-year contest that welcomes poetry from people 16 and older, was held to commemorate that in our city.
On April 15, 10 community poets were being honored by the Alexandria Transit Company and The Metropolis of Alexandria Workplace of the Arts for their poetry submissions. Their successful submissions are posted inside each individual bus of the overall Dash bus fleet and on the Place of work of Arts site.
Maureen Sturgill, Special Occasions Manager for the City of Alexandria, opinions, “We are pleased to have this method. It commenced in 2014 and continued even by way of COVID… All of the poems have been positioned on the Sprint buses, so any person in just the town can get on a Dash bus and look at out the poetry.”
This yr, the winners and their poems are:
Charlene Murphy, Discipline Trip
Veeteebee, I’m Transferring
Betty Jo Middleton, King Road Immediately after Several hours
James W. Colby, A single Haiku
Devin A. Reese, Pandemic Bus Refuge
Zeina Azzam, The People’s Bus
May possibly-Mei Lee, the points they have
Susan Clark Behnke, The Net Masters
KaNikki Jakarta, Poet Laureate of Alexandria, Virginia, also authored a poem, titled Granted Privilege, which can be examine within each individual Sprint bus, along with this year’s winners.
As the winners posed outside of the Sprint bus with their winning poems, Poet Laureate Jakarta stated, “I am joyful to be among these remarkable poets, so delighted to be a element of DASHing Text in Movement, just content that poetry is being celebrated even in the time of COVID.”
Poetry is anything to be celebrated without a doubt. It has a way of cheering and comforting. The DASHing Text in Movement poetry contest is a artistic way to distribute that cheer and convenience all over the town, specifically in a time when it is necessary most.
For additional information on the poets and their poetry, biographies can be identified right here.
