Happy April Fool's Day *

[Paige]

Today is the first day of the rest of April and National Poetry Month; wherein all persons, both living and dead I suppose, are invited to write a poem a day (PAD) or to read a poem every day. But you all know me too well, I think, to believe that I would post one every day. And as you know I have committed myself to write a poem a day this entire year of 2009 and thus far am pretty much on schedule, with the help of some of the~~sick~~ prompts provided by you for my jar. I have missed a few days but on others I have written more than one, so for me it still figures out the same on paper.

I plan to use the Prompts (some if not all) provided by Robert Lee Brewer on Poetic Asides and I hereby invite y’all to join in. It won’t hurt, much, it can be fun and you can read in the comments the works of many fine poets from all over the US and the world. I don’t think there are any from outer space but who knows.

Here is a photo of the motivational poster the Academy of American Poets sent to moi; it inspired the poem below.

NOW DON’T YOU BE A FOOL … GET OUT THERE, PBIC (put butt in chair) AND WRITE SOME POEMS … I double dog dare you!



DO I DARE

Disturb the universe
What has it to do with me?
It knows not time, place
Nor me

I cannot, will not
Alter its existence
Yet it will affect mine
Sunrise to sunrise

As Hamlet spoke…
“To be or not to be”
Ha, that is not a concern
For the universe

It will simply be
Without self knowledge
Yet it is time, place
And me

Waves and undulations
Ripple thru this
Universe and out
Thru me



* BTW I believe this is a day started by the devil to insinuate that Christians are fools for believing Jesus rose from the dead. It is with faith, not sight nor proof that I believe.

[Daniel]

Emersonian.

[Jon Eastwood]

hide the eggs