We’re now just nine days away from the start of March Madness Poetry 2013!
Continuing my one-a-day posting of my Top Ten favorite poems from #MMPoetry 2012 … today we have a succinct yet dramatic one written by Mary Lee Hahn prompted by her 11-seed word “cavalier” in the second round:
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE A REDBUD IN SPRING
by Mary Lee Hahn
Burst
first.
Amaze
with the cavalier way
you explode whole constellations of purple stars
from your smooth grey bark.
Add glory
to the understory.
This poem captured 80% of the vote in its matchup and helped Mary Lee reach the Sweet Sixteen. Click here to see this poem as it originally appeared in #MMPoetry 2012.