Poetry
Inspired by Black History month, The Academy of American Poets worked with a variety of interested parties including teachers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and of course poets to figure out the many ways poetry could be celebrated. They concluded April was a great month for the celebration, and on April 1, 1996, President Bill Clinton proclaimed April to be National Poetry Month.
Following the Academy’s lead, Writers’ Morning Out has posted a poem-a-day during April since WMO’s inception in 2010.
Read all the poems posted since 2010 on our old blog.
“I Hear Say” by Carol Phillips
God is angry, I hear say Frogs sit on lilies and cry wah Winds blowing, seas rising, waters flooding Trees rip, sands shift,
“Memories of You” by Tom Davis
Memories, Like ancient ghosts, Haunt the attic of my mind Burning kindling’s pungent smell Hovering In crisp fall air Lovers skating Arm in
“BLUEBERRIES” by Leela Ellis
A pail full Of dark blue sun Sparkling With dew drops BLUEBERRIES In the breakfast bowl Tasting Like sunlight In a
“Compost” by Janet Ford
Black gold, my mother called it, lifting a fistful, letting it crumble from a gloved hand; apple skins, parings lapsed cabbage turned like rags
“Nirvana on a Family Road Trip” by Emily Buchanan
Get a Guaranteed Offer On Your light, Progressive Family, And Yield To Oncoming Traffic. Don’t play chicken with it. At First Horizon, Proceed With
“Reasons” by DeLois Goode
I write to laugh, I write to cry I write to make sense of all that has happened and to quiet the “whys” I write