Tag Archives: Message poem
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Bernard Young
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 5 Comments
To The Great Provider . Dear Great Provider, This is to thank you for the delicious cheese you so thoughtfully provide. Thank you. . However, (and I do hope this doesn’t seem ungrateful) would it be possible to place it by the side of our hole and not on the spikes of the thing that …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Pie Corbett
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 6 Comments
Message for the Mosquito who shares my bedroom. . I’m fed up with the way you keep me awake. . You wait till I’ve just turned out the light and settled down for a good night’s zizz before starting up your irritating whine, announcing, ‘Mister Mosquito is out for a bite.’ . At any second …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Heather F Reid
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Another great poem from Heather! . Letters of Apology . Dear black and white cat who I chased up a tree, why did you hiss at me so viciously? I didn’t intend to upset you that way, I hoped we’d be friends and you’d hang out and play. Well, when I say play, I mean …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Heather F Reid
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Request from a Guide Dog . If we should meet, please don’t tempt me with treats or excite me or jiggle my ears. . Don’t invite me to play or put things in my way, I’ve been training for this day for years. Don’t stand firm in my route and shout ‘ISN’T HE CUTE!’ …
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Alan Nicholls
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ 2 Comments
This amusing poem arrived about an ant! . Dear Ant, . you bit my ankle, your half-back bit my calf. So when I squash you dead, you bug! Excuse me if I laugh. . © Alan Nicholls
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Jill Townsend
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To the Panamanian Gold Frog . You gesture with a little wave to see off any new arrival – other male frogs as brave as you, who gesture with a wave. But now the situation’s grave: a fungus threatens your survival. Your gesture with a little wave may not see off this new arrival. . …
Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem read by Chris Packham for National Poetry Day
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The Windhover: To Christ our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Chris Packham
A tanka and haiku for National Poetry Day Message poems by Pris Campbell
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a tanka . sewage fills the river my tears accompany the dead fish on their last journey home . . . three haiku . . hazy day soot falls from the sky like rain . baby sea turtle bright condo lights lead him astray from the moon . wildflowers gone from where once I climbed …
Daisy’s Sky Message Poem Video for National Poetry Day
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Lovely Daisy Proctor, age 7, reading her poem for National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day Message Poem by Joey Andrews
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To Humans – Message from a lone wolf . Why humans, Do you come to me, Separate my pack, Lock me in a cold cage, Wear my family off your backs? . I sit there in that lonely cage, But Nay! A friend arrives, Behold yet it’s an empty shell, For as your coat it …
