A Poem for Your Pocket

Backward Mutters Poetry Podcast · Apr 28, 2025 · 2m · transcript

I learned several years ago from a member of my congregation that April 29th was Poem In Your Pocket Day. Though it’s a part of National Poetry Month, I’ve just discovered that it isn’t a fixed day during the Month, but rather it can move. Maybe it’s something like a moveable feast in the church calendar. Or maybe it’s something like the difference in Easter Sunday between the Julian and Gregorian Calendars.

Though I’m a week and a half late, every day one should have a poem in their pocket. So, for all my Substack, Poetry Pub, Goodness Tea Party, Almond Tree Peeps, and anyone who has an…