eliot is wrong

april is not the cruelest month but man! can the rain ease up a bit?!  it's been a very very wet winter & now it is a wet spring.  shit is soggy!  i've seen so many snails, slugs & earthworms on the sidewalks that from the looks of their arrival after a good soaking they are the inheritors of the world.  there are far more many of them than there are of us humans.

but as my friend john b-r sez if a worm could talk it would speak

i am shiva maker & destroyer of worlds
but if you see me on the sidewalk
please pick me up 
& place me gently on the grass

as for april being national poetry month, pshaw!  it is always poetry month, week, day, hour & second.

don't let april be the only month you read a poem or two.

however, i enjoy the annual Tattooed Poets Project currently underway at bill cohen's blog tattoosday.

also, mi amigo in this art & life, alex gildzen, refuses to allow april's cruelty.  rather, he is celebrating 50 years publishing his wonderful poetry.  please see alex's blog for information of an upcoming celebration of the poet alex gildzen & his poetry.

go on now, eat a peach.  i double dog dare you