TODAY IS POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY!!!
This is the poem in my pocket today! What did you have in yours?
Substantial Planes
it doesn't
matter
to me
if
poems mean
nothing
there's no
floor
to the
universe
and yet
one
walks the
floor.
A.R. Ammons
Included in the book: Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets: 100 Poems to Rip Out and Read
Comments
Almost happenstance but true!
I would strongly recommend this kid friendly book
POEM IN YOUR POCKET: 100 Poems to Rip Out and Read (reviewed here on 4/2/11) and/or the adult version, POEM IN YOUR POCKET: 200 POEMS TO READ AND CARRY. Both great collections of work by diverse poets, old and new.
If you are looking for a good anthology for adults, Garrison Keillor's collections of other people's poems, GOOD POEMS and GOOD POEMS FOR HARD TIMES are really great collections of works by many, many poets.
Cheers and thanks for supporting the starving poets of the world with your purchases!!!
I purchased Bright Wings (an anthology of poems about birds) illustrated by the David Sibley of birding books fame. This one is for my daughter for Easter. She will love the pictures and we both will enjoy the poetry since we have a lot of fun feeding and identifying the birds.
And Poetry as a Spiritual Practice for me -- me -- me!
By the way, my favorite poetry book for kids is The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems which beautifully presents *classic* poems with *gorgeous* illustrations. It doesn't talk down to kids but raises them up to travel on the road of understanding.