April is National Poetry Month. I'm gonna share a poem a day all month. Here's yesterday's. Today's is threaded. https://twitter.com/tunesandtales/status/1245557755735392257
"Put Something In" by Shel Silverstein
Draw a crazy picture,
Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-grumble song,
Whistle through your comb.
Do a loony-goony dance
'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before.
Draw a crazy picture,
Write a nutty poem,
Sing a mumble-grumble song,
Whistle through your comb.
Do a loony-goony dance
'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world
That ain't been there before.
"Small Kindnesses" by Danusha Laméris
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/magazine/poem-small-kindnesses.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/magazine/poem-small-kindnesses.html
"Trying to Name What Doesn't Change" by Naomi Shihab-Nye
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48599/trying-to-name-what-doesnt-change
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48599/trying-to-name-what-doesnt-change
Apologies for hyphenating what isn't hyphenated, Ms. Nye.
"And the Moon On Its Stem Will Steal You Away" by John Gallaher
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/150047/and-the-moon-on-its-stem-will-steal-you-away
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/150047/and-the-moon-on-its-stem-will-steal-you-away
"Instructions on Not Giving Up" by Ada Limón
https://poets.org/poem/instructions-not-giving
I wasn't planning to double any poets in this thread, but I went for a walk for the first time in days today, and I'm really feeling these words.
https://poets.org/poem/instructions-not-giving
I wasn't planning to double any poets in this thread, but I went for a walk for the first time in days today, and I'm really feeling these words.