I sometimes wonder if children’s poet J. Patrick Lewis ever sleeps. He’s so prolific he must spend twenty-four hours a day writing poems!Here’s a poem Pat sent me to post for Neighbor’s Day.
Neighbor’s Day, May 20
Small Talk in the Neighborhood
by J. Patrick Lewis
I said, “Hello, how do you do?”
He said, “Oh, pretty good, and you?”
He said, “Well, how about this rain?”
I said, “The weather’s been a pain.”
I said, “And when it rains, it pours.”
He said, “We’ll have to get the oars.”
There wasn’t any more to say—
We said the same thing yesterday.
[Note: This poem will appear in my book COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER: A POEM FOR EVERY DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, Little, Brown, Spring/Summer, 2009. All rights are mine. JPL]
Small Talk in the Neighborhood
by J. Patrick Lewis
I said, “Hello, how do you do?”
He said, “Oh, pretty good, and you?”
He said, “Well, how about this rain?”
I said, “The weather’s been a pain.”
I said, “And when it rains, it pours.”
He said, “We’ll have to get the oars.”
There wasn’t any more to say—
We said the same thing yesterday.
[Note: This poem will appear in my book COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER: A POEM FOR EVERY DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, Little, Brown, Spring/Summer, 2009. All rights are mine. JPL]
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You can read my interview with J. Patrick Lewis here.
Thanks, Pat, for sending along this poem for me to post here at Wild Rose Reader…and Happy Neighbor’s Day!!!
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4 comments:
Thank you, dear heart, for your kindness in pinning up my poem. A swashbuckler of a bow to you and your many readers!
Cheers, Pat
Pat,
Gee! There's nothing I appreciate more than a "swashbuckler of a bow"--except for a poem sent to me by you to post at my blog!
A deep-knee curtsey to you, oh prolific bard of the children's realm!
Yes, I think Pat must not sleep!
You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it
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