As an English major and high school English teacher for more than three decades, I have been immersed in poetry up to my eyeballs--not drowning in rhyme and rhythm, but splashing about like a kid at the "plunge" on the first day of summer vacation. Usually if I want to share a poem with friends...

HI! As you may know, April is National Poetry Month. Since we're a pretty literate bunch around here :) we thought it might be fun to get a thread started about poetry. We'll post some of our favorite poems, chat about some pieces of music that are based on or inspired by poetry....and invite...