Franklin's Top 10

Three Top 10 lists found us
If only they would send money
So we can afford it

What is a sherku?

Actually it is two Top 10 and one Top 100 so I'll use this one as a "literary license"

• Top 10 - Family Circle
• Top 10 - CNN/Money
• Top 100 - US News & World Report

Poem in Your Pocket Day - April 17th

Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!

The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends on April 17.

Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day with events in parks, libraries, schools, workplaces, and bookstores. Create your own Poem In Your Pocket Day event using ideas below or let us know how you will celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day by emailing npm@poets.org.

In this age of mechanical and digital reproduction, it's easy to carry a poem, share a poem, or start your own PIYP day event. Here are some ideas of how you might get involved:

Start a "poems for pockets" give-a-way in your school or workplace Urge local businesses to offer discounts for those carrying poems Post pocket-sized verses in public places Handwrite some lines on the back of your business cards Start a street team to pass out poems in your community Distribute bookmarks with your favorite immortal lines Add a poem to your email footer Post a poem on your blog or social networking page Project a poem on a wall, inside or out Text a poem to friends

Happy Birthday, Dwayne!

Genuine curiosity

Drives out melancholy

Makes Dwayne Joe D. Cool!

Who is Dwayne? Read Rosa Say's posting here.

Read more from Dwayne directly here

What is a sherku?

MBTA Chime

Stop bar swinging with the
Rhythm of the rails ding
Ding, ding, ding, through the open door

What is a sherku?

MBTA View

The windows are so cloudy
Objects loose their shape
In the dark, it is all one

What is a sherku?

MBTA Announcement

Speaker crackles with something
That could be a voice
We’re in our own train of thought

What is a sherku?

Change Congress - earmarks

Earmarks disallowed?
There goes the currency
Building consensus for the vote

What is a sherku?

Visit the Change Congress site to find out more about this effort.

Change Congress - public funding

Public funding for public
Elections, makes sense
Long as they put up the cents

What is a sherku?

Visit the Change Congress site to find out more about this effort.

Confident writer

A day older, wiser she’ll
Always be young at heart
As a confident writer

What is a sherku?

For Joanna Young, a Confident Writer, on her birthday

Change Congress

There is a new Don Quixote
Lawrence Lessig his name
Change Congress his game

Originally posted at Steve's 2 Cents

commuter

Entering, she drops some bags
Struggles more overhead
Turns, settles with a sigh

What is a sherku?

sacred space

cemeteries at dawn are
the only places where some
sacredness of space is

Note: Another in a series of 'found" poems, this one from Robert Fulghum. He may not have realized when he wrote them that he was composing a sherku.

timing

He was never on time
He was never in time
His timing was exquisite

Note: Another in a series of 'found' poems, this one from Robert Fulghum. He may not have realized when he wrote them that he was composing a sherku.

hot Tang

I like hot Tang at the office

And coffee on the weekends

What do you drink?

What is a sherku?

no elevator

I take the stairs to my desk

One hundred sixty-four steps

Elevates my heart rate

What is a sherku?