Poetry Day

Well, it's after midnight, which means it must be Thursday, so let's get the blogging version of National Poetry Day going!

A couple of people are out of the blocks with their contributions already - Nick of 4Glengate tells us of his favourite piece by Bertolt Brecht and Alison has one she made earlier.

And the first of the day from me, asking the question we may all have wondered at some point - What Is Poetry? by Adrian Mitchell:

Look at those naked words dancing together!
Everyone's very embarrassed
Only one thing to do about it -
Off with your clothes
And join in the dance.
Naked words and people dancing together.
There's going to be trouble.
Here comes the Poetry Police!

Keep dancing.

Update: Green Fairy joins in, and also reminds me of my crimes against Betjeman. Let's just say I'm doing this as community service for punishment.