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National Poem in Your Pocket Day |
Article Submitted by: Nate Gillespie
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
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April 30 may not (yet) be a national holiday on par with July 4 or January 1, but maybe it will be soon. Why? Because it's National Poem in Your Pocket Day. What's that, you say? Yes, it's National Poem in Your Pocket Day (and no, this isn't the punchline to a bad "...or are you just happy to see me?" joke). This fledgling holiday has been celebrated in New York City since 2002, but only went national last year. Now it's hit the big time, as literary types from coast to coast take advantage of this officially sanctioned annual opportunity to share their favorite lines of verse with their friends and coworkers. So what poem will be in your pocket? This is your best chance to carry around a giant Egyptian statue (Shelley's "Ozymandias") or the ghost of murdered royalty (Browning's "My Last Duchess"). Or perhaps to make a poetic statement about the state of the world: "A Dream Deferred" is a dream denied... unless it's a brilliant poem carried in your shirt pocket, right above your heart where it belongs. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
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