Of course you know it’s Poetry Month…
but do you know that
the wonderful and
mouth-wateringly
delicious Jama Rattigan
has herded poet bloggers
in the Kidlitosphere onto
her site  this month?
Thank you, Jama!
(And check out my group blog,
TeachingAuthors.com!
Every Friday when we talk
poetry, poetry, poetry!)
Eli and I will be feeding you one PPP per day for Poetry Month this year. Â What is a PPP, you ask? Â A *Previously Published Poem. Â I have so many poems in so many anthologies, books and magazines, Eli thought I should snap a leash on one each day this month and give it a walk around the block. Â So that’s what we’re doing this year. Â Enjoy!
(once you click on the title of the poem to the right,
the post shows up below ↓ )
April 5
FLOAT
by April Halprin Wayland
The thing I like about summer
is when it’s still hot
and we are still playing Marco Polo in the apartment pool
and there is still daylight left when Daddy comes home
The thing I like about Daddy
is when he towels us off
and we change fast
and he jingles his pockets as we walk to the Ice Cream Shop
The thing I like about root beer
is when I touch my hot cheek to the cold glass
hear the bubbles rustle
get a whiff of
creamy vanilla pillows floating in a root beer pool…
and the straw
is almost
to my lips
published in Cricket Magazine June 2000
poem © 2015 April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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i love this, april – and i remember, too… thank you -