In "Today," Billy Collins splendiferously evokes the unadulterated joy of that day -- that moment -- when the heart and mind and soul know and believe that Spring has truly landed.
In Nebraska?
Today is not that day.
But I know that day is on the way. So, for today, I give you "Today."
Today
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
....
(Read the poem, here, at The Poetry Foundation.)
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Linda Baie, at Teacher Dance, is hosting a springy Poetry Friday roundup today. Visit, savor, leave your link.
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P.S.
And just because I love Simon and Garfunkel, I'm also sending you directly to Jama Rattigan's Alphabet Soup, for a review (and giveaway!) of a perfectly delicious picture book bio of the duo.
Long before Spotify and other diabolically convenient methods of indulging musical obsessions were a thing, I used to tell Atticus that balance in the universe could be achieved by a radio station that played All-Simon-and-Garfunkel-All-The-Time.
So. That's that.
Happy Poetry Friday.
Happy Dreaming of Spring.
Happy Sounds of Silence.
9 comments:
We have had a few of "that kind of day", yet it is iffy I know, here in March. Yet we can celebrate as Billy Collins does whenever we can! I shared the Simon & Garfunkel book this past week, too & agree that everyone should read Jama's post. I love that you want just an S & G radio station! Thanks for the happy post, Karen.
Thanks for the Billy Collins fix -- what a GLORIOUS poem! Hope you get one of those perfect spring days very soon, Karen.
And of course I LOVE your idea of an all S&G radio station. I agree that it would set so many things right in the universe. Thanks for the link love, too! A-a-a-pril -- come she will . . .
Linda, I've been out of the loop and I missed your glorious post on that glorious book! I shall have to go take a look. :)
Jama, yes, I'm hanging on to thoughts of April. :)
Spring will find its way to you soon, Karen! This is a great Billy Collins poem to lean on. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Thanks for bringing us a little spring, via Billy Collins and his refreshing poem. Hope spring hurries on a bit faster, thanks!
We had a spring day so perfect - about 3 weeks ago! Then winter came back with 3 giant storms...ugh. Bu thank you for perking up our day with this, Karen!
This is indeed a splendiferous poem! We've had a day or two almost like that, but spring is teasing us here in Indiana as we are preparing for a winter storm that might give us our largest snowfall yet--on the first day of spring, no less! Oh well, the crocuses and daffodils assure me that spring will come.
Thanks for a much-needed dose of Billy Collins! Let's definitely let those inhabitants out of the snow globe. (The East Coast probably feels like that's them! We are expecting more tonight in Ohio!)
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