https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/poetry-in-transit/https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warren-1.pngWarrenWarren Beal is an Indianapolis poet and found-object assemblage artist who grew up on the city’s northwest side. A graduate of Pike High School and the Herron School of Art, Warren went on to become an educator, coach, and artist, earning his master’s degree in Art Education as valedictorian of the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s 2015 graduating class. Since 2023, Warren has served as General Manager of Prism Specialties of Indiana & Greater Kentucky, leading a team dedicated to recovering fine art and irreplaceable objects after disasters. As a poet, Warren has published two chapbooks, Diminutive Shorts (2024) and Country Cruiser (2025).https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warren.pngWarrenhttps://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/michael.pngMichaelMichael Baumann is an Indianapolis-based writer and educator. He has headlined as a performance poet at over 40 venues across the country; featured locally with the Writers Guild at Bloomington, VOCAB, and InKY; and completed poetry residencies with The Learning Tree (2023) and with Indiana University's Herron School of Art+Design grant (2026). To better understand, visit michaelalbertbaumann.com.https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/kristi.pngKristiKristi Schultz-Wogan is a seasoned bus rider, with essays in both volumes of People We Meet on the Bus and readings at both zine launch parties. Kristi Schultz-Wogan is an Indianapolis-based writer seeking to explore and capture the beauty in everyday, shared experiences. She dabbles in creative nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction—most often centered around her life in the Midwest. When she's not writing, she enjoys hosting a history book club with her husband, watching birds from her sunroom, and sipping on a latte at a local coffeeshop. Her writing has been published in Dogwood Alchemy, The Table Review, Turnover Mag, and People We Meet on the Bus.https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/keaun.pngKeaunKeaun Michael Brown is a community storyteller, artist, and nationally renowned poet from the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana. His poetry challenges traditional literary form by centering accessibility as an artistic choice. Using nontraditional formatting and direct language, his work remains open to readers regardless of academic background while still engaging with nuanced emotional and thematic depth at all levels. He writes with the goal of crafting pieces that are easy to engage with, but quite difficult to forget.https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/kayla-h.pngKayla HKayla Havenor has been living in the Indianapolis area since age eighteen and has been using the IndyGo transportation system to get around ever since. She is a student at Indiana University and will be graduating a bachelor’s in history this Fall and plan to start a master’s degree program next year. Kayla hopes to one day work in Museums as a Records Archivist, although any Museum position would be a dream come true. Kayla has a passion for reading and telling stories, and plans to work on writing a book series once her academic studies are completed. She also enjoys many hobbies, such as singing, dancing, acting, arts and crafts, and hiking. She believes that art, whether it be writing, painting, sculpting, or acting, can help to make a difference in the community.https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/dex.pngDexhttps://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/chantel.pngChantelhttps://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/auboni.pngAuboni EssenceAuboni Essence is adaptable, agile and authentic. Auboni is the difference between writing about sadness and having the scars to prove it; the difference between pondering joy and having cheeks sore from smiling. Getting her start at That Peace Open Mic, Auboni transitioned from attendee into organizer, incubating some of the best writers of Indianapolis for the last decade. Auboni has been a guest poetry lecturer at IU, is a 2026 Indy Art and Soul Featured Artist, and was part of a top 10 slam poetry team for the 2025 Southern Fried Poetry Slam.https://peoplewemeetonthebus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/anne.pngAnne LakerA three-time winner of Fountain Square’s Masterpiece in a Day poetry contest, Anne Laker received a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship in 2016 for her Instagram exhibition project, @10000whens, featuring 30 years of her digitized diary entries. Recent poems have been featured in The Indianapolis Anthology, Indianapolis Review, and Quotidian. 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