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8 Dec: "Today" by Frank O'Hara

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]

1 comment:

  1. Copy cat poem for kids? This would be a cool poem to try to emulate with students.

    It says a lot about what makes a poem meaningful. Today makes the poem meaningful. Anything makes the poem meaningful. It doesn't matter what the poem is about; I like that idea.

    Chocolate sodas????

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