Poetry Month: The Rabbit Hole of Poetry 14 of 30

It's here!  It's National Poetry Month!  I'll hoping to write a poem every day this month.  I've decided to keep it simple this year.  I'm going to write about whatever strikes me each day.  I suppose it will be like a rollercoaster ride of poetry.  You'll never be quite sure what you're in for from day to day.

Today's inspiration:  surfing poets and poetry on the web 

The Rabbit Hole of Poetry 

This morning as the rain  

pitter-pattered on the window  

I fell into the rabbit hole of poetry.

Words danced across pages,  

tap-tapping in my ear. 

It wasn't long until  

I found myself learning of poets:  

those I've loved always, 

those new to me,  

those shaping the poetry world for all. 

As the rain danced on the patio

in a gentle waltz, 

each line of poetry glided 

in perfectly arranged stanzas 

causing me to pause in admiration. 

Puddles formed as each drop fell 

creating circular rhythmic ripples. 

I read on as poets carefully 

placed each word on the page, 

their cadence one of comfort. 

The sky quieted to gray 

as to draw our eye to the rain.

Each poem's placement on the page 

framing the weight of words 

the poet thoughtfully penned.  

The rain continued for hours 

and I was lost without a care, 

taking in every adventure, 

wrestling with every sadness, 

in a world created by poets.

© Cathy L. Mere, 2019 

My Favorite Stops Along the Way

• Tracy K. Smith Named New Poet Laureate:  PBS Interview  
• Tracy K. Smith Podcast:  The Slowdown (love the way these podcasts feature poetry, but also take make back to memories long forgotten)
• National Poetry Foundation:  Spring Poems (because why not??)  
• Young People's Poet Laureate:  Margarita Engle
• Power of Poetry:  Dale Biron (Ted Talk)
• The Poem Farm because I had to know what was happening with John & Betsy.  If you haven't been following the daily "poem-story" updates, you are missing out.  Be careful, you'll have a lot to catch up on --- start on April 1st.  Of course, there are a million other poems and peeks into process.  You could spend the day here!  
• Jama's Alphabet Soup:  2019 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup (so many great stops here!)

Gotta go....I'm going to continue the adventure.   I hope you'll share your favorite poetry stops.  They'll be perfect for the next rainy day.