Find Part 1 here
If All Poems Were Limericks: “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” by Robert Service
Sam froze while prospecting for gold.
I cremated him, as I’d been told,
In a boat by the shore.
When I opened the door,
He said, “What are you doing? It’s cold!”
Happy 146th birthday to Robert Service.
Read the original here.
Johnny Cash calls the Country Music Crisis Line
Today is the 52nd anniversary of Johnny Cash’s concert in Folsom Prison.
Close to Mew
For anyone unfamiliar with the original, here is the Muppet version.
Joanie Mackowski calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Read the rest of “Epiphany” by Joanie Mackowski here.
Today’s counselor played by Catherine Zickgraf.
Isaac Asimov calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Happy 100th birthday to Isaac Asimov!
Bei Dao calls the Poetry Crisis Line
Epic Cat Battles of Hissery: The Minister’s Cat vs Schrödinger’s Cat–Round 2
Read Round 1 here.
If The Who were Who
Poets answer an age-old question: Why did the chicken cross the road? (part 4)
Gil Scott-Heron
The chicken crossing will not be televised
It will not be sponsored by Colonel Sanders or
Brought to you by a contribution to your PBS station
From Chik-Fil-A
The chicken crossing will not be televised
(It might be on YouTube.)
- e. cummings
anychick lived in a pretty how coop
and str e t c h e d
her chicken legs(white feathers
furled in the even
ing breeze)across
the sunset road because(pick peck)she
wanted(peck)to see
the
Capital(they didn’t
have those where she was from).
