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Day 4

#Transit #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView

Ready for #NationalPoetryMonth! Look forward to spending time with these collections in the weeks ahead.

#PoetryMatters Day 31: #Sausage

“… I tried to end up anyplace but here. Who am I kidding? Here I am.”
GREAT collection. Very much enjoyed, appreciated, and provoked by these poems. REMEMBER this poet‘s name.

Colorful introduction to African American #poetry — #poem snippets from a wide variety of poets were chosen and illustrated by artist #AshleyBryan. A full list of the poems and sources is included in the back and would make wonderful further reading. #RitaDove #DiverseBooks

#Dawn #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

Dawn Revisited
Imagine you wake up
with a second chance: The blue jay
hawks his pretty wares
and the oak still stands, spreading
glorious shade. If you don't look back,
the future never happens.
How good to rise in sunlight,
in the prodigal smell of biscuits —
eggs and sausage on the grill.
The whole sky is yours
to write on, blown open
to a blank page.
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#poetry Tuesday

“a teardrop of ecstasy, a thimbleful of ache”
A great collection from an author from my home state, Ohio.
Picture is my daughter with her grandma sitting in the seat on the bus where Rosa refused to move. The bus is at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. It was found in a field in Montgomery and the museum won it at auction for almost half a million dollars. I understand the Smithsonian was quite disappointed.

Book 196/265 6/15/19