By Librarian Tiffany, Mattawa Public Library
Poems are a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month, and on April 29th, Poem in Your Pocket Day helps remind you to share poems all day long! It’s easy to participate and a great way to make someone’s day a little bit better!
Here’s how! Just choose a poem that is free to be copied or read! There are some great poems for public use available online , we have listed some below, or you can check out a book of poetry that can be shared from your local NCW Library!
- Video yourself reading the poem out loud and share on social media
- Write your own poem or share a favorite at #PocketPoem
- Read a poem to a teacher, librarian, co-worker or friend
- Email a poem to someone
- Pick up a poem for your pocket from a participating library – Mattawa, Cashmere, Brewster, Warden, Twisp, Pateros, Wenatchee, Tonasket, Waterville, and Coulee City
Check out these poetry ideas at our digital resource Hoopla:
Poems
Clouds
By Christina Rossetti
White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops,
You all stand still.
When the wind blows,
You walk away slow.
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?
Life
Paul Laurence Dunbar
– 1872-1906
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,
And never a laugh but the moans come double;
And that is life!
A crust and a corner that love makes precious,
With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;
And that is life!
Faults
Sara Teasdale
– 1884-1933
They came to tell your faults to me,
They named them over one by one;
I laughed aloud when they were done,
I knew them all so well before,—
Oh, they were blind, too blind to see
Your faults had made me love you more.
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