This morning while listening to NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, I heard this poem that just made me stop and pay attention. And, as Blue Girl pointed out, April is national poetry month. The poem is by Robert Phillips. Here’s the link. (It’s much better to listen to Garrison Keillor read it, but you’ll have to mess around with the “archives” and go to Tuesday April 15.)

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