Two students from Doña Ana County are among the 11 finalists headed to Sunday’s Poetry Out Loud state finals in Albuquerque.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/las-cruces-students-compete-in-poetry-out-loud-state-meet/2995223
#NewMexico #LasCruces #poetry #poetryoutloud #nea #PoetryFoundation

High school students from Doña Ana County are among 11 finalists competing in the New Mexico Poetry Out Loud state finals at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, with the winner advancing to the national competition in Washington, DC in April.
And today a wonderful #Poem for all.
Und heute mal ein wunderbares #Gedicht für alle.
#PoetryFoundation #johnmasefield
Sea-Fever | The Poetry Foundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54932/sea-fever-56d235e0d871e
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for…
It's hans Christen Anderson's birthday
https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-1264-29e5-9794-432652891767
A #poem to close out #MarshMadness.
MARSHLANDS by Emily Pauline Johnson
#PoetryFoundation
A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,
And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh’s brim.
The pools low lying, dank with moss and mould,
Glint through their mildews like large cups of gold.
Among the wild rice in the still lagoon,
In monotone the lizard shrills his tune.
...
Hushed lie the sedges, and the vapours creep,
Thick, grey and humid, while the marshes sleep.
Birthday edition of poem of the day
https://friendica.myportal.social/display/e65e1095-5364-24d0-abf2-d17868527024
Philomela's tongue says
https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-2564-1cc1-c7d2-aa2076779273