RACINE — Racine residents could soon find themselves reading poetry while riding a city bus.
The Poetry Movement is inviting community members to submit 25-syllable poems about mental health to be considered for publication inside RYDE Racine buses.
Submissions are due Oct. 1, and the poems are expected to be published in January, according to a news release from the nonprofit.
The inaugural contest is intended to create “conversation starters” to help develop “an awareness and consideration of what other people might be struggling with,” while also “highlighting the need for public transit within our community,” according to Nicholas Ravnikar, contest organizer and former Racine writer-in-residence.
In addition to the call for submissions, The Poetry Movement is facilitating writing workshops to help interested participants write and revise their work.
The next workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 12, at NAMI-Racine county, 4701 Washington Ave., Suite 255.
Poets can submit their work at www.thepoetrymovement.org/bus-poems.
Poems can also be mailed to The Poetry Movement, care of ArtRoot, PO Box 1523, Racine, WI 53401. Submissions by mail should include the poet’s first and last name, contact information and a short biography.
Contest winners will be notified in November. Cash prizes also will be awarded.
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