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 16
CAT ACT
by April Halprin Wayland
The scruffy house cat
aches to fly–
she dreams all day of
wings and sky!
So tonight
she climbs the ladder,
mounts a platform,
nothing matters
except to catch
a thin trapeze
then hold on tight,
with grace and ease.
She swings herself
by both front paws
then somersaults
to wild applause
of kitchen mice,
who, though dizzy,
encourage Cat,
to keep her busy.
published in Cricket Magazine January 2001
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poem © 2015 April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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