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A Murder
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Well, since it is National Poetry Month. Here’s a little something. I don’t know if I could write poems for a whole month like some people plan doing. But maybe I’ll write a few here and there. I got some ideas. But I’ve been slacking. A murder has been…
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David Reads “John James Audubon,” by Stephen Vincent Benét
Last night I had the freaky little dream. I must have been thinking of yesterday’s post about the Juvenile bald eagles I saw because I dreamed that high in the air above me was soaring an adult bald eagle with a very distinct white head and tail. For a moment I was sure that I…
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David Reads “The Dalliance of the Eagles,” by Walt Whitman
Well, I haven’t written much about birds lately, as my son the Monkey, likes to point out, so since spring is finally here I stopped my car on the way home yesterday by some ponds around the quarry. I was happy to see some waterfowl, a few common mergansers, along with the requisite Canada Geese, and some ducks…
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David Reads “Health Food Diner” by Maya Angelou
We’re nearing the end of day four of my own private NaPoRecMo (National Poetry Recording Month), and so I’ll try for once to get a post in quickly and without too much commentary. Today was Maya Angelou’s birthday. She’s a healthy, feisty, and inspiring 85 years old. As far as I can tell she is…
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Bonus Track with Kay Ryan, “Home to Roost”
So those of you attempting to write a poem a day for National Poetry Month, how is that going? We’re just into the first hour of day four here in the northeast of the USA, so you’ve still got plenty of time. I mentioned yesterday that here on the Dad Poet, instead of NaPoWriMo, I’m…
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David Reads a Found Poem
Or maybe David Feeds a Round Poem. Now that would be an intriguing title. Speaking of title, today’s poem has a lousy one, but then again, I didn’t promise to write a poem a day this year like the fine folks doing the NaPoWriMo challenge for National Poetry Writing Month, so I am under no obligation to…
