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National Poetry Month 2009

by Lionel E. Deimel

 

 

We set aside a month each year

To celebrate the poet’s art,

Re-reading poems that draw a tear,

Arouse the mind, or wound the heart.

 

We sample unfamiliar verse

Of poets we’ve not known before;

We find some better, others worse,

Some may inspire, yet others bore.

 

Perhaps we’ll write a line or two

To walk a mile in poet shoes,

To do the things that poets do

When they’re inspired by the Muse.

 

We may give rap another chance

Or hear a poet read his stuff,

Attend to lyrics while we dance,

Explore the deep, enjoy the fluff.

 

 

 
National Poetry Month 2009 poster

 
While adding the National Poetry Month poster to my Web site, I was reminded that I hadn’t actually written any poetry for a while. Why not write a poem on the subject of National Poetry Month itself? Why not indeed! I wrote this poem over several days, finishing it on Good Friday, 4/10/2009. There isn’t too much to say about the poem that isn’t obvious from reading it; it’s a kind of to-do list for the month’s celebration of poetry.

— LED, 4/10/2009

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