HAPPY POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     Let me share this one with you.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     It helps me when I'm blue.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     It's stuck in my heart like glue.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     I know the words are true.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     It gives me ideas I can chew.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     I know it by heart, don't need a cue.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     And its meaning grew and grew.

I keep a poem in my pocket.
                     Would you like to try it too?

Just keep a poem in your pocket.
                      That's all you need to do.

Share the poem in your pocket.
                      Toddle-oo.


     It is national Poem In Your Pocket Day where people are encouraged to keep a poem in their pocket and share it with others today.  This is a poem written for two voices.  Your poetry challenge for today is to write another stanza to go in this poem.  You can leave your couplet in the comments.  I'm off today to my local library to help the children write poems and make pockets.  I'll be reciting my poem CAPILLARY ACTION for them from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, published by Pomelo Books.

MY NEW TEE

t-shirt with Poetry Friday Anthology for Science cover

Hey look at me!
I have a brand new tee.
Book cover on the front,
a poem on the back.
It doesn't get
much better than that.


I hope you have a great Saturday.  I'm off to the sixth Tucson Festival of Books.  My newspaper says there will be approximately 450 authors there.  WOW! 
I'm planning to have lots of fun.  I'll be reading science poems at 1:00 with Juanita Havill and Ken Slesarik. 

It is the middle of March, we'll have a full moon on Sunday.  Has this been a cruel month, or a fun, busy one for you?  Can you write your own MARCH poem today?  Have fun.