Wheels2U Acrostic Winners Announced

As riders take Wheels2U across Westport, winners have been chosen in its acrostic contest.

This spring, the Westport Transit District asked for poems to promote its on-demand, group ride, door-to-train platform shuttle service.

Judges Diane Meyer Lowman, town poet laureate emerita, and Peter Gold and Karina Betfarhad, WTD co-directors, selected the winners. Each receives a gift certificate to the Westport restaurants of their choice. 

Gold says: “Acrostic poems, where the first letters of each line spell out a phrase — in this case, Wheels2U — are difficult to write. But once again, the Westport community demonstrated its talent.”

Wheels2U

First prize goes to Barry Lytton:

Welcoming me
Home after an
Endless City day
Easy to Phone
Less than a few clicks away
Slipped past the backups
2 my family and home
Under $3; And no driving alone.

Second prizes go to Bronwyn Cousins and Carolin Sigal. Third prize winners are Paul Kelly, Gigi Mirabelli (a Bedford Middle School 6th grader), Jean Sichel and Lynn Goldman.

Honorable Mentions are awarded to Judith Marks-White (the winner of last year’s haiku contest), Stephanie Mastocciolo and Canyon Sharits.

Bronwyn Cousins:
Well!
How
Earnestly
Everyone
Longs
Sometimes
2 be driven!
Utopia!

Carolin Sigal:
Why am I driving in commuter
Hell, when I could be chauffeured
Elegantly? A door to door jitney,
Expertly driven, would
Let me off at the station
So I could catch my train
2 New York, then back again,
Under the night sky. Heaven!

Lynn Goldman:
Westport
Has
Everything!
Even
Light-blue
Shuttles.
2 dollars?!
Unbeatable!

Paul Kelly:
Working for a living is…
Hard enough. Striving daily to remain
Employed. Searching frantically for an…
Empty seat on the striver’s early train.
Like rats in a maze, you…
Scramble for a space
2 park your ride… at great expense.
Unaware, perhaps, that WHEELS 2U makes so… much…sense

Gigi Mirabelli:
Welcoming faces await you
Here we offer affordable adventures
Early morning easy and effective rides
Every time of the day no matter the circumstances
Lasting memories are awaiting to be made
Sounds of the brakes are the sounds of my soul
2 dollars per ride at WHEELS2U
U will be very pleased!

Jean Sichel:
Where will I go
How will I get there
Easy with Wheels
Every wheel spins
Leave your address
Soon we will be there
2 pick you up
Under the hour

Judith Marks-White:
Wheels2U roll along,
Hiking up hills,
Entering private streets,
Enduring all seasons’ weather.
Landing at each destination
Safely, including smiles.
2 everyone who hops aboard,
User-friendly are we.

Stephanie Mastocciolo:
Who needs a ride?
Have no time to park
Enter Wheels2U
Everyone’s solution for transport to the train
Leave when you want
Save time
2 many reasons not to try
Unlimited sense of ease

Canyon Sharits:
Welcome aboard, your ride awaits,
Hassle-free journeys with no parking debates
Easy access, just a call away,
Liberating you from the frenetic fray
Leaving behind unneeded delay
Serving you in a greener way
2U, the solution to your transit woes
Upon request, to your door it goes

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

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