Walk around with a poem in your pocket, do ya? Well, there is a day celebrated throughout the United States and Canada just made for folks such as yourself…
That’s right, April 27th is THAT DAY! The American Academy of Poets continues to enjoy National Poetry Month (April) by inviting you to join them, by sharing your poetry, or your favorite poetry all day! Visit http://www.poets.org for suggestions as well as to find out what others are doing in your area!
The beautiful thing about sharing poetry is that sharing poetry is a beautiful thing!
YES! I am sharing a poem with you, here… This is one I wrote for one of the Ministers in my church in honor of his 50th birthday… As this was written back in the 1990’s he has since forgiven me…
Oh, How Nifty to be Fifty
To have the freedom to say exactly what…
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Kate McClelland 
Many thanks, Kate!
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You’re welcome :0)
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I don’t carry a poem in my pocket, but I have quite a few in my head. Unfortunately, they are not my own work, but this one by Stevie Smith has been stuck in my brain for a great part of my adult life.
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he’s dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete
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