Poem in your pocket
Pocket, by hoveringdog on Flickr
April is National Poetry Month, a month when I hope to leave the “mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful” (e. e. cummings) world of Oregon winter behind.
April 29 is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Choose a poem, pocket it, and carry it. Share it with family, friends, and coworkers or just cherish it.
The Academy of American Poets came up with the idea. Check out their website for a huge selection of poems.
Our library has a deep collection of poetry. We have poetry in translation as well as poetry in its original language, poetry from Gilgamesh (a Babylonian epic poem) to haiku to poetry slam. Contemporary and historical American poetry is in the 811 subject area; British poetry is in 821.
Here’s a poem that will find its way into a few pockets – “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth. Or the wake-up call that runs through my head every spring…
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now by A.E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Cherry Blossom, by Sprengben on Flickr
Arm yourself with a poem and be ready for Poem in Your Pocket Day, April 29th.
You may also want to check out another spring poetry blog entry, posted by Sharon last year.
Posted by Amy, a second floor librarian
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