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Today I picked up one of Shel Silverstein’s books, Where The Sidewalk Ends.   It is an old favorite , and a great pick me up.  Before you get to the library, enjoy one of his poems recited by a bunch of people in New York’s Central Park:

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A Something in a Summer’s Day

 
A something in a summer’s Day
As slow her flambeaux burn away
Which solemnizes me.
A something in a summer’s noon –
A depth — an Azure — a perfume –
Transcending ecstasy.
And still within a summer’s night
A something so transporting bright
I clap my hands to see –
Then veil my too inspecting face
Lets such a subtle — shimmering grace
Flutter too [...]

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If You Were Coming in the Fall

Ah, Emily Dickinson. There is something so appealing and yet so elusive in her poetry. Just when I think I understand it, I realize there’s much more there than I saw at first glance. This poem about the absence of a loved one and the uncertainty of his return is one of my favorites. Van [...]

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April is National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month is a little more than half over, but it isn’t too late to celebrate. You can still surf on over to Poets.org (brought to you by the Academy of American Poets) and read poetry, listen to poetry, learn about poetry, and even sign up to get a poem a day for the [...]

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13 Poets/13 Facts

Thursday Thirteen #14
April is National Poetry Month, so to celebrate I compiled a list of poets that I’m fond of and went in search of facts about them. I actually ended up with more than thirteen facts, but I didn’t think that you all would mind. As a bonus, you get to discover [...]

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