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Submitted by Bertha on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 11:12am.

Poem in Your Pocket?

Yep, it's poem in your pocket day; it's official. Not to worry though, if you don't get an opportunity on this particular day to share your poem,
April is National Poetry Month. You'll want to browse the 811's and maybe start with these: Blue Lipstick, by John Grandits, is full of concrete poems (words, ideas, type, and design that combine to make pictures and patterns). Or try some Sijo, a traditional Korean form of poetry, by Linda Sue Park, such as Tap Dancing on the Roof, or most anything by Mel Glenn or Naomi Shihab Nye.



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Submitted by budins on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 5:06pm.

Thanks for celebrating poetry! Everyone should carry at least one poem in their pocket for the rest of April, if not every day, so when the moment is right, you'll have it to read aloud. Like when the lights dim at the coffee shop in the middle of a storm. Or you've run out of arguments to prove global warming does exist. Just pull out that poem and the world will be right again.



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Submitted by John J. Madonna on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 2:48pm.

I don't know. Poetry. Really, if you ask me, poems peaked with the limerick.



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