Category Archives: Poem in Your Pocket
Poem in Your Pocket Day! ~ Gill & others
Sorry for the delay folks – it was a late night and my prep time vanished faster than expected. Happy Belated Poem in Your Pocket Day!! How did you celebrate? What did you carry? I’d love to know. Poem in … Continue reading
Late Hours ~ PIYP ~ Mueller
Poem in your pocket day started in 2002 and went National in 2008. A special way to celebrate National Poetry Month. Today, I am carrying, Late Hours by Lisel Mueller. I’d love to hear what you are carrying and sharing today. Late Hours On summer nights the … Continue reading
Burning the Old Year ~ Nye
Burning the Old Year Letters swallow themselves in seconds. Notes friends tied to the doorknob, transparent scarlet paper, sizzle like moth wings, marry the air. So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling flame … Continue reading
Green Apples ~ Stone ~ Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Green Apples In August we carried the old horsehair mattress To the back porch And slept with our children in a row. The wind came up the mountain into the orchard Telling me something; Saying something urgent. I was happy. … Continue reading
Praying
Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t … Continue reading
My Pocket Poem: A Walk, by Rilke
A Walk My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far ahead of the road I have begun. So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp; it has inner light, even from a distance- and charges us, even if … Continue reading
Lost
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest … Continue reading
National Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Only two days left?! April, as every year, has completely flown by. Here we are at another Poem in Your Pocket Day! Poem in Your Pocked Day initiated in April 2002 and went national in 2008. What will you celebrate … Continue reading
blessing the boats
blessing the boats (at St. Mary’s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it … Continue reading
Poetry Housekeeping Reminder! Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Just a reminder that this Thursday, April 21st is National Poem in Your Pocket Day!! Wahoo! Originally initiating in 2002 in NYC, it went national in 2008 and we've been celebrating it here ever since!Don’t forget to carry a poem in … Continue reading