National Poetry Month- April 06

[myrabidpetspoon]

It has been brought to my attention that it is national poetry month. I shall follow wordsofastory's lead and post a poem every day. One of my favorite English teachers had a unit within his Writing Fiction and Poetry class dedicated to song lyrics, so song lyrics will be included in this endeavor.

Comments

[wordsofastory]

Oh, I love Langston Hughes! This is great.

[myrabidpetspoon]

I'll be honest, I was only familiar with a select few of his poems (and that statement holds true for many of the popular poets studied in school). So I've been using this month to explore new poems and poets. This one really stuck with me.

[wordsofastory]

Ha, me as well. But I'm pretty sure that's the whole reason why they invented Poetry Month!