It’s a trifecta: Thankful Thursday, Poem In Your Pocket Day, and the last day of National Poetry Month.
Let’s wrap this month up with a bit of love. Not the gushy proclamations but the sincere appreciations that keep daily life humming.
Have you read the Love Poem to Taco Bell? It’s starts like this:
Full-on, no bullshit, no irony, yes Taco Bell
where I can almost always pull together the
cash to get dinner, at my brokest
scrounging up enough change
for the pillowy warmth of a bean burrito
This gem is by Rebecca Bornstein of Portland, Oregon. Recently featured on poets.org, the poem is making the rounds because it is good, real, and relatable.
Life is full of everyday people, places and things that deserve our attention. May we all be Pablo Neruda, who wrote more than 200 odes that honor ordinary objects, including socks, tuna, tomatoes. His book, Odes to Common Things is a delight.
Love poems, also called odes, are both fun to read and to write.
In the spirit of paying attention, let’s mark this Thankful Thursday by elevating the everyday. Adoration is just appreciation turned up a notch. What are you thankful for today? Go ahead, give it some love.
