POETRY MONTH ANNOUNCEMENT

I have decided to forgo the ‘do you remember’ theme for this blog.  April is here with it’s warm spring weather and longer hours of daylight.  April is the beginning of baseball season; the boys of summer will return to the diamond.  Each team having high hopes of making it to the world series and becoming world champions for 2016.

April is NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.  A month dedicated to the genre.  It seems poetry has been forgotten over the years, but once a year it is celebrated with events such as poetry readings.  The last Thursday of April is designated usually as ‘poem in your pocket day’.  This is a fun event as you put one of your favorite poems in a pocket then pass along to someone else to read and they in turn pass it along.  I have done this event a tad different.  Instead of a piece of paper to pass along, I have created bookmarks.  Beginning on the second Sunday of April, I will pass them out to those I encounter each day.  They are easy to create and fun to give, especially if you have a whimsical piece or two.

Poetry can tell a story in a few words, express a feeling or give an inspirational message.  Some poems can make you laugh, make you ponder the thought within the poem or make you cry.

Believe it or not, poetry is alive; it lives in the mind of the poet; it waits to be created; it waits to be read and recited aloud.

Why not give it a chance…..attend if possible a poetry night in your community.  Call your local library to see if they sponsor such an event.

Until next time, yes I will be be back to the ‘do you remember the good old days’ blog.  Until then…enjoy these few comical pieces.  I do live by “Words of Wisdom” but sometimes, it is tequila and not vodka.


Here is a funny Limerick for you

THERE ONCE WAS A WOMAN NAMED CARLIE
TOOK A RIDE WITH A GUY ON HIS HARLEY
SOON THEY RAN OUT OF GAS
 IT THEN CAME TO PASS
NINE MONTHS LATER SHE GAVE 
BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER NAMED MOLLY



WORDS OF WISDOM
©Scottie-ann Murphy
(For National Poetry Month Day Two 2014
For Poetry at Winter Haven Library Group)


Everything that can go wrong….went astray today
Seemed whatever you tried to do…a problem got in the way
Guess what they say is true to form “It’s just Murphy’s Law”
Some days bad luck will find you…it’s the card you drawl
No need to get uptight…..no need to feel depressed
Count to ten….breathe in…. then out….take a little rest

Remember….let a smile be your umbrella when you are feeling down
For no one likes to see a face that has a scowl or frown
When life give you lemons there is one sure thing you ought-a
Turn them into lemonade…. and add a little vodka