Friday Fun

Fridays are for fun, and what's more fun than celebrating National Poetry Month? Jack Prelutsky kicks things off here on the Project Read blog and we'll have more poetry all month. Prelutsky is a perennial favorite of school children and was named the Poetry Foundation's first Children's Poet Laureate.

A Little Poem For Poetry Month
by
Jack Prelutsky

I’m glad we have a Poetry Month,
But still, I wonder why
They chose a month with thirty days—
Were months in short supply?
I wish that they’d selected
A longer month, like May.
I’m certain I’d appreciate
That extra poetry day.

Of course, if they’d picked February,
I would be aghast,
For February’s very short
And passes far too fast.
But April’s not as short as that,
So I don’t hesitate
To say I’m glad it’s Poetry Month.
Hooray! Let’s celebrate.