Calling All Poets: Transit District Wants U!

Sure, Wheels2U Westport is the Westport Transit District’s on demand, group ride, door to train platform shuttle service.

But every year, it also sponsors a poetry contest.

The first 2 were for limericks and haikus. This year’s event features acrostic poetry. (That’s where the first letter of each line spells something special — in this case, “Wheels2U.” Duh.)

Here’s a sample, from Westport poet laureate emirita Diane Lowman:

Where shall I go
How shall I get there
Everywhere traffic snarls
Everywhere parking dilemmas
Let us be your chariot
Simply call Wheels2U
2 take you door to door
Ur transport dreams come true

Gift certificates to Westport restaurants of their choice will be given to the top 7 poems. One first prize winner will receive a $100 gift certificate; 2 second prize winners get $50 certificates, and 4 third prize winners receive $25 each.

Wheels2U

Here’s another sample from Lowman:

What a joy
Having not to worry
Every morning
Every evening
Let us do the driving
Sip your coffee
2 station and back home
U can rely on Wheels2U

Want to win the contest, but don’t know a thing about Wheels2U?

Westport residents and commuters to Westport can use the Wheels2U Westport app to request a pickup between 5:45 and 10 a.m., and between 4 and 9:30 p.m. You’ll be taken to or from the Saugatuck or Greens Farms train platform, and your home or workplace anywhere in Westport.

Pickups should be requested 20 minutes before you would normally leave to drive to the station. The fare is $2 when paid with the Wheels2U app.

For more information about Wheels2U, click here.  For more information about the Westport Transit District’s services for the elderly and people with disabilities, clickclick here.

Whisking you away
Home to train and back again                                                                              Exceptional service
Every rider pleased
Lively conversations with fellow passengers
Spark lifelong friendships
2 make commuting happy
Use Wheels2U

The rules:

The contest is open to all residents of Westport. Enter as often as you like.

Entries should be sent to pgold@westportct.gov no later than March 30. Put “Acrostic Contest” in the subject line; include your name, address and email.

Winners will be chosen by Lowman, and Peter Gold and Karina Betfarhad, directors of the Westport Transit District, at their sole discretion.

All entries become the property of the Westport Transit District.  Entrants give the WTD permission to use their entries without compensation to promote the operations of the Westport Transit District and Wheels2U Westport as the directors see fit, including, but not limited to, using the entry as an advertising poster at the Westport and Greens Farms train stations or in marketing emails.  The Westport Transit District may modify entries to meet its needs.

Where do you want to go?
How about the train station?
Exactly where Wheels2U takes you
Every weekday.
Lovely service.
So give it a try
2day.
U bet!

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