Day 25NaPoWriMo dawns for me in a different land. But I am flying the tricolour for Poetry Day Ireland by participating in Maria McManus’s Label Lit project. (Sure she grew up only up the road from me inFermanagh). Poetry Day Ireland is technically tomorrow, 26tyh April. Yesterday I was handing out LabelLit poems to staff and patrons of Ireland West Airport.
Rx for National Poetry Day
It pays to read your lit’s label.
First, prepare to be surprised.
Take a poem a day each morning,
Preferably with a little food.
First, prepare to be surprised.
Poetry takes a strong stomach, hence
‘Preferably with a little food’.
Watch out for contraindications.
Poetry takes a strong stomach, hence
The warnings to the public.
Watch out for contraindications –
Elation, possible perturbation.
It pays to read your lit’s label.
Risk raising a hue and cry.
Take a poem a day each morning.
Start each day with a little surprise.
Copyright 2018 Bee Smith
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