Friday, April 1, 2022

Today's poem by Ogden Nash

As I opened my Susan Branch calendar to April, this delightful poem appeared.

Praise the spells & bless
the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden,
April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel,
Tender, rowdy;
April soft in 
flowered languor,
April cold with
sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true -
I love April, I love you.

"Always Marry an April Girl"
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)



6 comments:

  1. What a cosy header picture! Very fitting today, as we are in the middlemof a cold spell with snow and sleet and rain, wet and windy after March was a month of almost unbroken sunshine and no rain worth mentioning.
    April is as lovable as any month, but its unreliability I find hard to handle sometimes.

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    1. It isn't the least bit reliable! Thank you for coming by when I write so very seldom. It means a lot to me.

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  2. I enjoyed this poem - thanks! I wonder if you ever heard Wendall Berry reading his poem titled, I believe, The Peace of Wild Things. You can find it on YouTube and it is so wonderful. Please give it a listen.
    Happy April, Nan.
    Mary

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    1. I haven't heard him read it, but it is so wonderful. I will listen. Thank you. I put it up on the blog in 2007!
      https://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2007/01/todays-poemthe-peace-of-wild-things.html

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