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Be on the lookout
Poets are everywhere
The red bird chirping on the wire
The pit bull barking at a friend
The trees whispering in the breeze
Boots scraping on the sidewalk
Me, singing in the shower
By Dashiel, 5th grade
Click the media player above to listen to the poem read on KPFT 90.1 and KTRU 96.1 by Mackenzie, a WITS Youth Advisory Council Member. The background music is “The Jazz Piano” by Bensound from bensound.com. Produced by Susan Phillips.
Poem a Day is made possible in part by H-E-B Tournament of Champions, Copy.com, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, KPFT 90.1 and KTRU 96.1.
Original post: September 22, 2015