Poem in Your Pocket Day

April has been National Poetry Month. There are plenty of people out there who still appreciate poetry I'm sure, though I doubt it's as valued as it was a hundred years ago. But if you have the time to check out this site, poets.org you can find hundreds of poems that might appeal to you. "For poems are not, as people think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)—they are experiences." —Rainer Maria Rilke

Then if you find your favorite, you can write it down and carry it in your pocket to share at just the right moment! (today of course, since this is the last of the Poetry Month) Here's one of my favorites by Alfred Lord Tennyson: (Enjoy!)

Crossing the Bar

by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have cross’d the bar.