WHAT IS POETRY?
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.--Percy Byshe Shelly

  It is finding the truth, no need to lie.
  It's munching on watermelon and letting seeds fly.
 
  It's a letter that comes with a card in the mail.
  It's the lacy silver threads left by a garden snail. 
 
  It's daffodil trumpets covering the hill.
  It's a deer at the creek, drinking her fill.
 
  It's giggling and laughing and being absurd.
  It's reading a haiku and feeling each word. 

  It's a dragon who blows flames, loud and hardy.
  It's fairies in the garden having a tea party.

   It's the sound of a truck shifting its gears.


  
     I hope you are enjoying National Poetry Month.  Just for fun can you write an acrostic poem today using "Poetry" or any other word you choose? 


  OK, let's see if I can quickly do this.


Please,
open you heart, your
eyes and mind
to the wonder of words;
remember your
yearning to be surrounded.

   I think I'm going to need to come back to this again later.  Have fun with your own word experimentation.