A month of poems: Day five

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Sunday, April 1, marked the start of National Poetry Month, an annual celebration the Academy of American Poets first introduced in 1996, according to poets.org. To commemorate National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, the King Street Chronicle will publish one poem each school day throughout April.

Mae Harkins ’20.
 
E. E. Cummings
 
in Just-
spring          when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
 
whistles          far          and wee
 
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring
 
when the world is puddle-wonderful
 
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far          and             wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
 
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
 
it’s
spring
and
 
         the
 
                  goat-footed
 
balloonMan          whistles
far
and

 
wee
 
Contributed by Upper School English and Journalism Teacher and Co-Director of SophieConnect Ms. Matilde Larson.
 
– Mae Harkins, Staff Writer
Featured image by Mae Harkins ’20