Join us for a ride and write to Fields & Ivy that will awaken your senses and creative spirit!

Friday, August 30 • 5:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Meet in the Central Station lobby at 5:15 p.m.

Join Lawrence Transit and poet and professor Megan Kaminski in our kickoff for Lawrence Transit’s second annual Poet Laureate program, a Summer Ride and Write. Registration is capped at 25 attendees. To register email info@lawrencetransit.org.

We will travel through Lawrence via Route 8 on one of Lawrence Transit’s new electric buses and find inspiration together in the sights, sounds, and connections we make as we traverse the city making our way to Fields & Ivy. At the brewery, we’ll be guided by prompts to help us to see ourselves and our everyday lives through fresh eyes.

We will write together and have opportunities to share our words. Participants will leave with a poem and prompts to inspire ongoing writing, as well as an invitation to submit poems for the Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate program.

Ride starts at 5:15 p.m. at Central Station, 2315 Bob Billings Pkwy. Poetry workshop begins at 6 p.m. at Fields & Ivy, 706 E 23rd Street. This event will be suitable for adults, teens, and youth alike!

Call for Poems – Poetry in Community

For this year’s Poet Laureate program, we encourage poems around themes of community, transportation, and home. We welcome everyone in honoring the movements, places, and feelings that tell the stories of our days. We invite participants to find sources of inspiration in the theme, prompts, or to join us in our workshop at Fields & Ivy on August 30th to write and share a poem.

The Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate program offers the chance for local poets of any age and their poems to be featured on Lawrence Transit electric buses. To be considered, submit a transit-related poem by September 30, 2024.

“Poetry doesn’t just live in books or in quiet rooms—it lives and breathes with us as we travel through our day,” said Kaminski. “By writing and sharing our words, we connect to each other, to ourselves, and to our larger communities. I’m excited to collaborate with Lawrence Transit to make space for the beauty and poetry in our everyday lives.”

In partnership with poet and professor Megan Kaminski, Kansas Mobility Management, and Fields & Ivy Brewery.

For more information, visit www.lawrencetransit.org or call (785) 864-4644. Find Lawrence Transit on Facebook: @LawrenceTransit.

Contact: Felice Lavergne, Lawrence Transit, info@lawrencetransit.org

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