Poem in Your Pocket Day 2014

Every time I begin writing this post, the sick computer fates decide to erase the clever things I have to say, so forget that. Here's what my partner, son, and I are carrying folded up in our little pockets today. You do the rest.

Note: All three poems are taken from Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets published by the Academy of American Poets, Inc. A nifty little book with perforated pages. Our pocket poems have come from this book for the last four years.

N's poem:

ELETELEPHONY

by Laura Elizabeth Richards

Once there was an elephant, 

Who tried to use the telephant— 

No! No! I mean an elephone 

Who tried to use the telephone— 

(Dear me! I am not certain quite 

That even now I've got it right.) 

Howe'er it was, he got his trunk 

Entangled in the telephunk; 

The more he tried to get it free, 

The louder buzzed the telephee— 

(I fear I'd better drop the song 

Of elephop and telephong!)

K's poem:

MAYBE TOMATOES
by Connie J. Green

if the vines mature

if the caterpillars don’t get them

if we water, sucker, feed

if we pick and preserve

maybe, tomatoes

thin, sliced on sandwiches
chunked into salads
peeled and whole
juiced and sauced
stewed
pickled
stuffed

My poem:

NO DEPOSIT
by Earle Thompson

Sometimes

you feel

like

a

bottle

sitting

by itself;

no

return,

just

empty;

ready

to

be

thrown away.

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