It's Thursday, which means it's time to share another poem with you. Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day, and the idea is to share a short poem that could be written on a slip of paper and carried around with you. The one I've chosen to share today is by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
Poem
It's like writing a short letter
to everyone in the world at once,
only I don't have anyone's address
and there is no thin blue envelope to carry it,
no tiny picture of a famous aviator
or of a blooming flower to speed it on its way.
Be sure to visit Bonny, Kat, Kym, and Vera for more poems to carry in your pocket today!
I think that Billy Collins is perfection for Poem in Your Pocket Day! This poem made me chuckle! Yes... a poem is a bit of a letter! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat Billy Collins! He always delivers the perfect poem (or letter) to carry in your pocket!
ReplyDeleteI told Kat that I didn't think about Billy Collins but I'm glad that both of you did! This is a terrific poem and I hope lots of people get a short letter this month in the form of poetry.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Billy Collins marvelous? How great that you, Kat and I all chose poems by him!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little poem. Sometimes the shortest ones are the best.
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