TODAY
Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas!
You really are beautiful! Pearls,
harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins! all
the stuff they've always talked about
still makes a poem a surprise!
These things are with us every day
even on beachheads and biers. They
do have meaning. They're strong as rocks.
[1950]
8 Dec: "Today" by Frank O'Hara
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Copy cat poem for kids? This would be a cool poem to try to emulate with students.
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Chocolate sodas????