Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Gwendolyn Brooks:
We real cool. We
Flew the coop. We
All showed. We
Crossed the road. We
Ranged wide. To
The other side.
A brief exchange between Ike and Liz
Still More Poetry Crisis Valentines!
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Roald Dahl calls the Poetry Crisis Line
In Honor of St. Ives Feast Day (not to be confused of the Feast of St. Ives) 2020
Poetry Crisis Outtakes: Johnny Cash
You can listen to the rest of Folsom Prison Blues here. Or find our earlier take on the song here.
If you’re not familiar with Zeno and his Paradoxes of Motion, this should catch you up.
Rosa Parks calls the Poetry Crisis Line
The Poetry Crisis Line celebrates Rosa Parks, who would have been 107 today.
If All Poems Were Limericks: Two Guys Get Out of a Car by Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan would have been 85 today.
If All Poems Were Limericks: The Walrus and the Carpenter
T Rex calls the Rock & Roll Crisis Line
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members on this date in 1986. This year’s inductees will include T. Rex as well as Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, and The Notorious B.I.G.
Click here to listen to Jeepster by T. Rex
Martin Luther King calls the Poetry Crisis Line (part 2)
Find Part 1 here