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Because it's spring.
Because Atticus will soon be home for the summer.
(I can almost taste his cooking.)
Because we are all in need of a break.
Because Billy Collins is Billy Collins.
Because.
by Billy Collins
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
....
(Read the whole thing here, at the Poetry Foundation.)
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Margaret has the round up at Reflections on the Teche.
8 comments:
Love your becauses!
Love your becauses too! Again, I ask, does Atticus do take out orders ? :)
Love the feeling of exhilaration in Collins's poem. He always delivers.
Love this poem and days like this. Thanks so much for sharing!
Ahhh...Billy Collins. And a day like that (not today, not here -- we have more rain). Perfection.
Happy to share this perfect spring day with you all, just because. :)
Jama, we've got to find a way for you to get you to our house for dinner. Barring that, I'll work on takeout delivery methods. :)
Billy Collins is a master of the simple joys. I also am looking forward to summer.
Because there's a hummingbird at the feeder,
because the screen door is open
because the goose has a nest
because poetry is everywhere.
Brenda, yes, he's the best.
Margaret, I love your Becauses.
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