Forum / "Pocket Poems" for National Poetry Month

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  Judith A. Lawrence

  Mar 12, 03:34pm

  Dig into your files of poetry for that very short poem that would fit scrawled on a napkin, and post it to the new "Pocket Poems" Group in honor of National Poetry Month in April. You can also make copies of your scraps of poems, and freely distribute them in cafe's, coffee shops, on trains, planes, park benches, in library books, left behind for someone to find, an idea originating from Richard Hansen's 'Poems For All" - tiny booklets freely distributed everywhere.

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  Joani Reese

  Mar 12, 04:40pm

  I give my students the opportunity to keep their favorite poems in their pockets throughout April. They can pull them out and read them to random strangers, and if they film their readings, I give them extra credit. They love it, and it's my way of spreading poems and poets into the world. I keep a few in my pockets at all times -- April is NOT the cruelest month.

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  Susan Tepper

  Mar 12, 08:15pm

  Judith and Joani, this is very nice, I will def send some poems to the group.

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  Meg Tuite

  Mar 12, 11:04pm

  So love this concept!!! Thanks, Judith!

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  Robert Vaughan

  Mar 12, 11:56pm

  Great ideas are put forth by dreamers with immense imaginations. Let's keep dropping poetry into daily lives every day we possibly can.

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  Linda Simoni-Wastila

  Mar 13, 03:12pm

  I love April. A poem a day. Thanks Judith for starting this group. I love the idea of passing out poems on the street, the metro, before I begin my lectures. Peace...

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  Darryl Price

  Mar 16, 03:05pm

  The Loss

  of any
  is

  sad to
  the One.

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  Dolemite

  Mar 16, 05:05pm

  That's good, Darryl.

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  Darryl Price

  Mar 16, 10:11pm

  Thanks, Matt!

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  Meg Tuite

  Mar 16, 11:15pm

  LOVE that, Darryl!!! Hope you'll be writing one a day forever!!!

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