World Poetry Day – March 21, 2015

Today is World Poetry Day.  How cool is that? I never knew this day existed.  That is terrible since I love to write and read poetry.

I’ve been a poet since age ten.  That’s when I wrote my first poem.  I entered it into a school contest and won first prize.

I still enjoy writing random poems – from Haiku to rhymes to random, free flowing.  I love it all – dark, light, funny, romantic.  I prefer shorter or less than two pages typed poems.  But of course I’ve read The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf back in my college days.

What I read or write depends upon my mood. I really enjoy it.  Here are three poems that I wrote today in honor of World Poetry Day.

1. Kids arguing & up at 6am,
Dishes unloaded, laundry started
Spring cleaning
Bacon, omelet & banana pancakes made
Not even 9am yet!

3. Spring cleaning today
I rather watch spring training 
Baseball coming soon…

*Note: The second and third poems are also a Haiku

Follow me on Twitter where I often write poetry, several times per week.  Check out all my poetry that has been posted on this blog too.

Happy World Poetry Day!  Make time to read a poem or write one today.  Or just read mine.