Initially, I was surprised that only the last section of the book was actually about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights movement. But having read the others, I see how the title is fitting and that we are all ‘on the bus’ moving forward and helping others do the same.

My favorite was the poem about aging entitled Gotterdammerung.

On the other end of the age spectrum I enjoyed For Sophie who’ll be in First Grade on 2000. Here are a few lines:

“May the world, in your hands,
brighten with use. May you
sleep in sweet breath
and rise always in wonder
to mountain and forest,
green gaze and silk cheek” p 71

I thoroughly enjoyed these poems. ( )