Small Town Mysteries. Big Time Suspense.
Poem in Your Pocket Day is a day to celebrate poetry, created by the Academy of American Poets. It’s a day to share a favorite poem that you carry with you. I’m using my blog as my virtual pocket and will share one of my favorite Psalms.
Psalm 121:1:
“I lift my eyes to the hill — where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
What poem do you want to share?
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This quote is from the story “The Mountain”. Third graders Pat and Crazy Eddie are getting a bad case of spring fever and decide to enjoy April by climbing a mountain close to their homes in Idaho.
Pat explains that the mountain would call to him.
“Pat! Pat! Come climb me! It will be fun! And I won’t try to kill you, as I do some folks!”
On an April Saturday at the age of eight, I learned that mountains don’t always tell the truth.
Do you have a favorite quote or though about spring?
This is for everyone who finds March as boring and frustrating as I do.
This poem was inspired by John Updike’s poem about January in A Child’s Calendar. Although the poem may sound depressing, I like January. I enjoy winter and my birthday as well as the birthdays of all my kids are in this month.
How does January make you feel?
I always do a funny Christmas card with my kids, and this year we decided to invent different varieties of “Elf on the Shelf”. “Troll in a Bowl”, anyone? What variations can you think of?
JPC Allen Writes
