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
Happy 188th birthday to Lewis Carroll!
Read the original here.
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
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!