Monday, April 27, 2026

Why Poetry? (Monday Poem)

by Lee Bennett Hopkins
 
 
Why poetry?
Why?
 
Why sunsets?
Why trees?
 
Why birds?
Why seas?
 
Why you?
Why me?
 
Why friends?
Why families?
 
Why laugh?
Why cry?
 
Why hello?
Why good-bye?
 
Why poetry?
 
That's why!
 
 
from Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems
edited by Georgia Heard, Roaring Brook Press, 2009  

 

 

 

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