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#NPM2018: What Poem will you Carry?

Posted in Poetry, tagged , , on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

National Poetry Month 2018

Moon Song by Lisa Kattenbraker

Seven Ways to Touch the Moon

Reach.
Be still.
Ride the tide.
Climb on a branch.
Read a moon story.
Look beyond horizons.
Play your instrument for her.

–Margaret Simon

Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Are you carrying a poem?  Today I will carry two poems, one in each pocket.  I hold Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem Kindness.

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things...


I will also hold a poem from one of Kim Douillard's students, Avi.  
She posted this poem on her blog, and it touched me.

Poetry Is

Poetry is like the last rays of sun on a sunset

it leaves with beauty and sadness at the same time

poetry is like a song that sings forever

and when you forget

it will always whisper back.

Avi

 

 

 


					
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Ode to Mint

					

					Posted in Poetry, tagged , , ,  on April 24, 2014|
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The master of the ode is Pablo Neruda.  Today, being the letter O in my ABC series of poetry, I pulled out Odes to Common Things.  This is a lovely book, full of wandering odes and fine drawings of ordinary things from spoons to oranges and even socks.  I love to read these odes aloud.  To listen to the sound of the language as well as relish the metaphor.  


From Ode to the orange


“Orange,

the world was made

in your likeness

and image:

the sun was made round, surrounded

by peels of flame,

and night strewed its engine and its path

with your blossoms.”


To write my own ode, I only had to look for what I love and adore in the ordinary day.  And it had to be mint.  I brew tea every day with mint.  I crave Thin Mint cookies and Dark Chocolate Mint M&Ms.  I grow a pot of mint, and I recall the mint flavor of tzatziki on my trip to Greece.  Italics indicate lines from Neruda. 



Give us this day

mint,

fresh from the garden

overflowing wandering flower,

your scent

waters my mouth,

makes tea

taste of heaven

sent by Greek Gods

churned in the waters

of the Aegean Sea.

I relish your comfort,

basket-brewed

by my side.

The scent of wandering spring

singing your song,

Glory to God; Alleluia for mint

wrapped in dark chocolate

dropped in M&Ms,

green spring

brings to life

my taste buds

and my love

of herbal scents,

freshness

refreshes my wandering mind,

tames this wild spirit,

hallows the good earth.


Today is Poem in your Pocket Day. Find a poem.  Share a poem today.  pocket_logo2

					
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