We are a poetry nation
for one spectacular day
when all heroes and heroines
find their wordy way
citizens skip breakfast
and grab a dusty tin
filled with little-used words
that just escaped the bin
once we put them together
on the door of the rusty fridge
before we got a rescue dog
with a back like a rocky ridge
he tried to shift each piece
with the help of a giant paw
but the small magnetic words
often fell to the floor
or stuck in slobbery chops
like exotic doggy chews
some we managed to save
others we’d simply lose
a hero is not a soldier
or climber of some peak
or world champion driver
or pop star of the week
it can be any person
retrieving scattered words
joining them together
making magical birds
that fly from the page
and sing in the trees
or manufacture honey
like industrious bees
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem