Go to poetnews@poets.org and check out all the hoopla over Poem In Your Pocket Day. What poem are you going to carry in your pocket tomorrow? I've got a whole bag of them I'm bringing up to Lake Arrowhead for the retreat this weekend. "Eagle Poem" by Joy Hajo, "Creature on Fire" by Brian Andreas, "How To Read a Poem: Beginner's Manual" by Pamela Spiro Wagner, "Famous" by Naomi Shihab Nye among many others. (You can Google them to find them.) The last minute empty space for the retreat filled – and I'm looking forward to three days of being with writers in a gorgeous setting with nothing to do but write and talk about books. I'm doing it again in November so come join us. (I'll bring the poems.)
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