Lee Bennett Hopkins - Spring
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Greg Pincus
Apr 13, 2020, 4:38:35 AM4/13/20
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SPRING
by
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Roots
sprouts
buds
flowers
always--
always--
cloud-bursting showers
rhymes
April fools
fledglings on wing
no thing
is
newer
or
fresher
than
spring.
From SHARING THE SEASONS (McElderry Books).
©2009 Lee Bennett Hopkins. All rights reserved.
I am re-running this poem from the very first year of 30 Poets/30 Days - a poem written by the one and only Lee Bennett Hopkins. Sadly, Lee passed away last August, but it didn't feel right to me not to include him here anyway. There was, I'd argue, no greater champion than Lee for poetry and the need for it at moments like we are having now.
I am sure, had I told him I was doing this event again, that he would have sent along new words to move and uplift us all. So, here on April 13th (his birthday), I offer up some older words... but still as fresh now as they were then. Here's to spring and to Lee, indeed.
by
Lee Bennett Hopkins
Roots
sprouts
buds
flowers
always--
always--
cloud-bursting showers
rhymes
April fools
fledglings on wing
no thing
is
newer
or
fresher
than
spring.
From SHARING THE SEASONS (McElderry Books).
©2009 Lee Bennett Hopkins. All rights reserved.
I am re-running this poem from the very first year of 30 Poets/30 Days - a poem written by the one and only Lee Bennett Hopkins. Sadly, Lee passed away last August, but it didn't feel right to me not to include him here anyway. There was, I'd argue, no greater champion than Lee for poetry and the need for it at moments like we are having now.
I am sure, had I told him I was doing this event again, that he would have sent along new words to move and uplift us all. So, here on April 13th (his birthday), I offer up some older words... but still as fresh now as they were then. Here's to spring and to Lee, indeed.
Greg
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