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Some borne ome riders get rhymes with dimes PITTSBURGH UPI Tucked among the advertisements for cigarettes and frozen frown sausage work work- weary commuters are discovering Poetry on m the Buses a forerunner in a national trend toward poetry in public places Under Under the program ad space on the city's 1000 1400 buses bases and trolleys is graced with 15 short poems on artistic backgrounds Though the program is reported to be bethe bethe bethe the first in the country New York and Seattle have haie ha already followed suit with independent programs and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Tran Tran- Transportation Transportation Transportation Authority of Philadelphia recently inaugurated Poetry on Wheels using the Pittsburgh posters Frances Baiter Balter member of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and andone andone andone one of the programs program's founders says the concept could expand even more this year when the Pittsburgh group offers its program to 25 other US U.S. cities According to Mrs Baiter Balter the program began when a group of artists decided derided poetry and the public were suffering from the arts art's lack Jack of ex ex- exposure exposure exposure and ivory tower image Theres no reason why art should be limited to one segment of the population Mrs Baiter Balter said The program gives transit riders an op opo opportunity ty to read contemporary poetry they normally wouldn't be exposed to The Ilse poems span a wide spectrum of emotion including both the comic and the deeply personal One poem selected to appear in next years year's program is a moving portrait of the late baseball base ban star Roberto g i k r z si t l 4 Yn 1 b 1 i Pittsburgh transit riders are discovering that the library isn't the only place to find poetry UPI telephoto demente Clemente Entitled demente Clemente it its s 's s written by Tom Clark Wont forget his nervous habit of rearing his head bead back on his neck like a proud horse Joe Honick Banick a veteran bus driver says he be has driven the Cultural Bus a dozen or so times and is convinced buses are an ideal showcase for poetry never think you'd find culture on a bus But we all like lire it it
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1975-11-29 |
| Description | 68th Year, No. 57 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1975-11-29 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1975-11-29 Some Riders Get Rhymes with Dimes |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date.Search | 1975-11-29 |
| Type | article |
| Format | |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Contributing Institution | State Historical Society of Missouri <br> University of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Copy Request | Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| Item.Transcript | Some borne ome riders get rhymes with dimes PITTSBURGH UPI Tucked among the advertisements for cigarettes and frozen frown sausage work work- weary commuters are discovering Poetry on m the Buses a forerunner in a national trend toward poetry in public places Under Under the program ad space on the city's 1000 1400 buses bases and trolleys is graced with 15 short poems on artistic backgrounds Though the program is reported to be bethe bethe bethe the first in the country New York and Seattle have haie ha already followed suit with independent programs and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Tran Tran- Transportation Transportation Transportation Authority of Philadelphia recently inaugurated Poetry on Wheels using the Pittsburgh posters Frances Baiter Balter member of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and andone andone andone one of the programs program's founders says the concept could expand even more this year when the Pittsburgh group offers its program to 25 other US U.S. cities According to Mrs Baiter Balter the program began when a group of artists decided derided poetry and the public were suffering from the arts art's lack Jack of ex ex- exposure exposure exposure and ivory tower image Theres no reason why art should be limited to one segment of the population Mrs Baiter Balter said The program gives transit riders an op opo opportunity ty to read contemporary poetry they normally wouldn't be exposed to The Ilse poems span a wide spectrum of emotion including both the comic and the deeply personal One poem selected to appear in next years year's program is a moving portrait of the late baseball base ban star Roberto g i k r z si t l 4 Yn 1 b 1 i Pittsburgh transit riders are discovering that the library isn't the only place to find poetry UPI telephoto demente Clemente Entitled demente Clemente it its s 's s written by Tom Clark Wont forget his nervous habit of rearing his head bead back on his neck like a proud horse Joe Honick Banick a veteran bus driver says he be has driven the Cultural Bus a dozen or so times and is convinced buses are an ideal showcase for poetry never think you'd find culture on a bus But we all like lire it it |
