Friday, May 11, 2018

Poetry Friday: Billy Collins Thanks My Mom For Me

Billy Collins, reading "The Lanyard": 


(Yeah. For me, it was a potholder.) 

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. 

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Posted by Karen Edmisten at 7:56 AM
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9 comments:

  1. Michelle Heidenrich BarnesMay 11, 2018 at 11:02 AM

    Ha! When I wrote my post yesterday, I predicted I wouldn't be the only one celebrating Mother's Day with Billy Collins. :D At least we didn't share the exact same video, Karen. LOL Happy Mother's Day!

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  2. Karen Edmisten May 11, 2018 at 11:11 AM

    LOL! It's just too perfect, isn't it, Michelle? :)
    Happy Mother's Day!

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  3. jamaMay 11, 2018 at 3:37 PM

    How I love this poem. And for me, it was also a potholder!!! :)

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  4. Michelle KoganMay 11, 2018 at 7:18 PM

    Billy Collins' deadpan reading just adds more to this wonderful poem!

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  5. KayMay 11, 2018 at 7:23 PM

    I'm enjoying this poem each time I encounter it today. For me it was craft projects from Girl Scouts--a lopsided clay bowl comes to mind as well as bottles and boxes covered with torn masking tape and daubed with shoe polish to look like leather--sort of.

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  6. RuthMay 11, 2018 at 8:13 PM

    Billy is just the best, isn't he?

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  7. Linda BMay 11, 2018 at 10:11 PM

    I don't mind seeing another of Billy reading, Karen. It is the perfect poem for mothers. Happy Mother's Day!

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  8. Alice NineMay 12, 2018 at 5:31 PM

    Love this poem. For me it was also potholders--colorful ones, woven with a hook on a metal loom.

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  9. Mary LeeMay 13, 2018 at 8:57 AM

    Potholders for me, too!

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