The Seattle public transportation system has a groovy program called The Poetry Bus Project. Every year they announce a theme, poets (and would-be poets) submit short verse relating to the theme, the best are printed onto placards and displayed in buses throughout the city.

Last year's theme was "One to One: Points of Contact". Here is one of my favorites from that set:

Apparition on 15th NW

Driving home from the P.O., a route
I know well; already in the right lane
for the turn on 75th when I spot an
orange sign: CAUTION: OVERHEAD POWER
Electrified, expecting a vision -- Father
Zeus or Santa Claus -- I say, Okay, I
subscribe to that. Just show me.

And he comes down at the next corner:
larger-than-life suspenders. Full beard.
White cloud of hair. He disappears in my
rearview mirror, but I believe the sign.
He's real. He's there.

-- Madeline DeFrees

And if you live in Washington State, you can find details on how to submit poetry for next year's competition ("Lost & Found") on The Poetry Bus Project website.