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Welcome to the poetry email list! Here you'll find all the poems that appear on the blog GottaBook - the happy web home of me, Greg Pincus. You'll see poems by me and others all year round (with lots more poetry in April, National Poetry Month). You can unsubscribe at any time... but I hope you'll stay and share the fun and joy of poetry.

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5/1/20

30 Poets/One Day

April was a great poetry month here at Gottabook (I say with bias but also factually). How great?

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30 Poets/One Day

April was a great poetry month here at Gottabook (I say with bias but also factually). How great?

5/1/20

5/1/20

Greg Pincus - Still

STILL by Greg Pincus We still our cities, still our schools. We still and watch with shock. We still

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Greg Pincus - Still

STILL by Greg Pincus We still our cities, still our schools. We still and watch with shock. We still

5/1/20

4/30/20

Nikki Grimes - Unvarnished Healing

Unvarnished Healing John 9:1-41 by Nikki Grimes There are those who insist gifts of speaking in

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Nikki Grimes - Unvarnished Healing

Unvarnished Healing John 9:1-41 by Nikki Grimes There are those who insist gifts of speaking in

4/30/20

4/29/20

Bruce Balan - The Poem I Would Write

THE POEM I WOULD WRITE The poem I would write if I remembered it would be about you It was there this

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Bruce Balan - The Poem I Would Write

THE POEM I WOULD WRITE The poem I would write if I remembered it would be about you It was there this

4/29/20

4/28/20

Ed DeCaria - Another school dream (this time with a spider)

Another school dream (this time with a spider) I drop into a dream — down through my classroom

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Ed DeCaria - Another school dream (this time with a spider)

Another school dream (this time with a spider) I drop into a dream — down through my classroom

4/28/20

4/27/20

Georgia Heard - A Quivering of Wings

A Quivering of Wings by Georgia Heard In the beginning, small poems lay still and silent inside your

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Georgia Heard - A Quivering of Wings

A Quivering of Wings by Georgia Heard In the beginning, small poems lay still and silent inside your

4/27/20

4/26/20

Darren Sardelli - Our Teacher Was the Greatest

Our Teacher Was the Greatest by Darren Sardelli Our teacher was the greatest. The best we've ever

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Darren Sardelli - Our Teacher Was the Greatest

Our Teacher Was the Greatest by Darren Sardelli Our teacher was the greatest. The best we've ever

4/26/20

4/25/20

Nancy Bo Flood - Go Fish

Go Fish Jump in Duck Under Mask on Blow bubbles out your snorkel Flutter kick with webbed feet Gaze

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Nancy Bo Flood - Go Fish

Go Fish Jump in Duck Under Mask on Blow bubbles out your snorkel Flutter kick with webbed feet Gaze

4/25/20

4/23/20

Kathi Appelt - Quarantine

Quarantine Maybe a dozen times or more each day--I've never counted-- the train rolls by, the

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Kathi Appelt - Quarantine

Quarantine Maybe a dozen times or more each day--I've never counted-- the train rolls by, the

4/23/20

4/23/20

Kristine O'Connell George - Seagull Coments

SEAGULL COMMENTS Yesterday was— flap— flap— flap like crazy. Headwinds from here to there, Headwinds

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Kristine O'Connell George - Seagull Coments

SEAGULL COMMENTS Yesterday was— flap— flap— flap like crazy. Headwinds from here to there, Headwinds

4/23/20

4/21/20

Brod Bagert - When I'm Old & Gray

Brod Bagert is a master - the man can, I believe, write a poem about anything and make it resonate.

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Brod Bagert - When I'm Old & Gray

Brod Bagert is a master - the man can, I believe, write a poem about anything and make it resonate.

4/21/20

4/21/20

Julie Larios - What Did I See?

What Did I See? I went for a walk — what did I see? I saw a bicycle up in a tree. I saw a butterfly

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Julie Larios - What Did I See?

What Did I See? I went for a walk — what did I see? I saw a bicycle up in a tree. I saw a butterfly

4/21/20

4/19/20

Janet Wong - Look for Birds

Oh! And as if that is not enough... here's Janet Wong herself with a video version for us all....

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Janet Wong - Look for Birds

Oh! And as if that is not enough... here's Janet Wong herself with a video version for us all....

4/19/20

4/19/20

Ann Whitford Paul - Too Big for Bear

TOO BIG FOR BEAR I'm six years old, too big for Bear, but maybe in my bed tonight . . . No

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Ann Whitford Paul - Too Big for Bear

TOO BIG FOR BEAR I'm six years old, too big for Bear, but maybe in my bed tonight . . . No

4/19/20

4/17/20

Marilyn Singer - Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters We were talking disasters scaring ourselves with what on earth would scare us

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Marilyn Singer - Natural Disasters

Natural Disasters We were talking disasters scaring ourselves with what on earth would scare us

4/17/20

4/16/20

Linda Sue Park - School Days: Spring 2020

School Days: Spring 2020 by Linda Sue Park My parents are my teachers now. The kitchen is the

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Linda Sue Park - School Days: Spring 2020

School Days: Spring 2020 by Linda Sue Park My parents are my teachers now. The kitchen is the

4/16/20

4/14/20

Rebecca Kai Dotlich - Missing

MISSING I string shell after shell after salmon colored shell onto a string for my friend, for my

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Rebecca Kai Dotlich - Missing

MISSING I string shell after shell after salmon colored shell onto a string for my friend, for my

4/14/20

4/13/20

Lee Bennett Hopkins - Spring

SPRING by Lee Bennett Hopkins Roots sprouts buds flowers always-- always-- cloud-bursting showers

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Lee Bennett Hopkins - Spring

SPRING by Lee Bennett Hopkins Roots sprouts buds flowers always-- always-- cloud-bursting showers

4/13/20

4/12/20

Ellen Hopkins - Country Kids Exist On their Own Planet

Country Kids Exist On their Own Planet Incredible amenities there: cumulus ships afloat in a bold

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Ellen Hopkins - Country Kids Exist On their Own Planet

Country Kids Exist On their Own Planet Incredible amenities there: cumulus ships afloat in a bold

4/12/20

4/11/20

Bob Raczka - Squirrel

SQUIRREL (a skinny sonnet) Gray face. Plays chase. Thick tail flicks, flails. Meal needs? Steals

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Bob Raczka - Squirrel

SQUIRREL (a skinny sonnet) Gray face. Plays chase. Thick tail flicks, flails. Meal needs? Steals

4/11/20

4/10/20

Liz Garton Scanlon - Look Around

Look Around By Liz Garton Scanlon Notice bird song, breakfast, morning sun at a slant. Observation

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Liz Garton Scanlon - Look Around

Look Around By Liz Garton Scanlon Notice bird song, breakfast, morning sun at a slant. Observation

4/10/20

4/9/20

Kenn Nesbitt - Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon

Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon At Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon we'll fix your fido's fur. We

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Kenn Nesbitt - Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon

Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon At Dizzy Dottie's Dog Salon we'll fix your fido's fur. We

4/9/20

4/8/20

Charles Ghigna - Be Still

Be still in the world wherever you are listen to life's lullaby the heartbeat, the breathing the

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Charles Ghigna - Be Still

Be still in the world wherever you are listen to life's lullaby the heartbeat, the breathing the

4/8/20

4/7/20

Jane Yolen - Escaping Bonn

Escaping Bonn Sometimes a boy, a girl, with too much imagination or too much despair, looks for an

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Jane Yolen - Escaping Bonn

Escaping Bonn Sometimes a boy, a girl, with too much imagination or too much despair, looks for an

4/7/20

4/6/20

Today's poem is a wonderful two person video performance of Adam Rex's 47 (featuring the poet

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Today's poem is a wonderful two person video performance of Adam Rex's 47 (featuring the poet

4/6/20

4/5/20

David L. Harrison - Toothy Grin (Kit Fox)

Toothy Grin (Kit Fox) If you are mouse, bird, rabbit . . . If you are squirrel, grasshopper, rat . .

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David L. Harrison - Toothy Grin (Kit Fox)

Toothy Grin (Kit Fox) If you are mouse, bird, rabbit . . . If you are squirrel, grasshopper, rat . .

4/5/20

4/4/20

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - La Alcancía

La Alcancía Por Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Mira, chiquito, Aquí va un chavito Para que vayas a la tienda

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Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - La Alcancía

La Alcancía Por Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Mira, chiquito, Aquí va un chavito Para que vayas a la tienda

4/4/20

4/3/20

Charles Waters - Watery Blue Ceiling

WATERY BLUE CEILING My grandfather with his almond colored belly protruding out from his burnt orange

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Charles Waters - Watery Blue Ceiling

WATERY BLUE CEILING My grandfather with his almond colored belly protruding out from his burnt orange

4/3/20

4/2/20

April Halpring Wayland - Tender

TENDER by April Halprin Wayland He's a slip of a boy, really. Tender as a slim green shoot just

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April Halpring Wayland - Tender

TENDER by April Halprin Wayland He's a slip of a boy, really. Tender as a slim green shoot just

4/2/20

4/1/20

Douglas Florian - Bigfoot

30 Poets/30 Days is back for 2020 (a poem by a different poet every day for National Poetry Month)...

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Douglas Florian - Bigfoot

30 Poets/30 Days is back for 2020 (a poem by a different poet every day for National Poetry Month)...

4/1/20

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