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Random Highlights from Random Acts of Poetry Day

By Will Willingham 3 Comments

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Part of the wonder that is Random Acts of Poetry Day is watching the delight it brings to others. Because there’s no set way of doing it “right,” (it’s random, remember) it seems to open up brand new channels of possibility for every person who decides to participate, and those who find a way to commit a random act, poetically speaking, seem to get just as much joy from the act as those they share with.

We love taking stock of the things that happened, and the ways poetry moved about, randomly speaking. It’s probably true that really doesn’t get much more random than initiating the new refrigerator with poetry.

The new #Frigidaire #refrigerator has arrived! And on "Random Acts of Poetry Day", we present, "An Ode to the Bonney Refrigerator".
The office fridge at Bonney,
It's such a wonderful thing,
It's filled with tasty lunches,
And sometimes chicken wings. #RandomActsOfPoetryDay pic.twitter.com/irkSiDqPiv

— Bonney (@mybonney) October 3, 2018

In more expected ways, Sandra Heska King continues to commit poetry, randomly.

Lillee and I recite “The Purple Cow” for Random Acts of Poetry Day. She nailed it. I flubbed it. 🙄 #2 @tspoetry #raopoetryday #apoemineveryheart #commitpoetry pic.twitter.com/InFJdIwmwq

— SandraHeskaKing (@SandraHeskaKing) October 3, 2018

While Laura Brown is making random use of the blackboard.

Small poem for a blackboard. #raopoetryday pic.twitter.com/BvzMyLAWs8

— Laura Lynn Brown (@lauralynn_brown) October 3, 2018

It’s always great to see how schools get involved.

Happy Random Acts of Poetry Day! Don’t forget to tear off a poem from one of the posters around the school! #bdhsRAPday pic.twitter.com/rywMQ580TE

— BDHS LAC (@bdhslac) October 3, 2018

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LAC members, are at work preparing for Random Acts of Poetry Day tomorrow.

A post shared by Bdhslac (@bdhslac) on Oct 2, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT

Today is RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY DAY!! Go out and share with another. pic.twitter.com/oICeHSgciQ

— PHS English (@PwayEnglish) October 3, 2018

Did you know today was National Random Acts of Poetry Day? Our AP, Ms. Cuffee-Neville, stopped by English classrooms to share some of her favorites. pic.twitter.com/RZ4volxfGD

— Official SHS Packers (@OfficialSHSPack) October 3, 2018

Paper airplane poetry delivery #RandomActsofPoetryDay #raopoetryday #creativity pic.twitter.com/4fDLXD7Wao

— frogzELA (@frogzELA) October 3, 2018

And 7th Grade Poetry is always on top of this thing.

Excited to participate in #7GP’s third #RandomActsOfPoetryDay celebration, handing out winning #7thGrade poems to government employees in St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis @MayorLyda @SteveStenger #raopoetryday #poetry #StudentPoetryMatters @7thgradepoetry #raopoetryday

— 7th Grade Poetry Fnd (@7thgradepoetry) October 3, 2018

Excited to participate in #7GP’s third #RandomActsOfPoetryDay celebration, handing out winning #7thGrade poems to government employees in St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis @MayorLyda @SteveStenger #raopoetryday #poetry #StudentPoetryMatters @7thgradepoetry #raopoetryday

— Poetry Slab (@poetryslab) October 3, 2018

Some folks know the benefit of poetry for processing and reducing stress, on this random day or any other day:

Have you tried writing poetry as a way to express yourself or help process things in your recovery? Today is Random Acts of Poetry Day! Leave a poem on a friend's voicemail, add a poem at the end of your emails, wear a poem, etc. @tspoetry #raopoetry pic.twitter.com/wCSRT7KY4p

— MPN (@MTPeerNetwork) October 3, 2018

🌟📝 Creative Writing 📝🌟

Today marks ‘’RANDOM ACTS OF POETRY DAY’’. 📜 In this session, we focused on creating a poetry piece with a particular emphasis on the famous ‘GIANTS’ coming to Liverpool this weekend! 📸😊 #ConnectWithOthers #PoetryDay #ExpressYourself 🌎 pic.twitter.com/Q5tkQqkMbT

— Genie In The Gutter (@Genie_Gutter) October 3, 2018

Today is Random Acts of Poetry Day. Poems are freeform works of art that express our feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Feeling stressed? Write a poem today for you or someone to brighten their day. #randomactsofpoetryday #poems #poetry pic.twitter.com/6mXmOF9bx6

— stressfreee.co (@stressfreeeco) October 3, 2018

And of course public libraries are always ready to get in on the random action.

Happy Random Acts of Poetry Day! Can you recite any poems by heart? Morgan Freeman memorized William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus" and recited it on Charlie Rose… https://t.co/DGjgVLuAzD https://t.co/DGjgVLuAzD

— JCPL (@jesspublib) October 3, 2018

SMART Reading knows.

It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day! What’s your favorite poem? #raopoetryday pic.twitter.com/9T9YmfoP18

— SMART Reading (@getsmartoregon) October 3, 2018

It’s so exciting they’re spilling coffee over at the Portland Tribune.

It's Random Acts of Poetry Day. Here's a poem: Coffee to go/such a treat/oops! I spilled it all over my front seat/Oh, the horror, the terrible loss/but such a nice aroma when I pick up my boss. https://t.co/u1b7KMGKqR pic.twitter.com/lB0Ca9xN49

— Portland Tribune (@ThePortlandTrib) October 3, 2018

Folks at Austin Macauly USA publishers got in on the fun.

Share your favorite poem with us on this Random Acts of Poetry Day, let us get the ball rolling:#RandomActsofPoetry #Poetry #PoetryCommunity pic.twitter.com/Qfn8bsHcyu

— Austin Macauley USA (@AMPublishersUSA) October 3, 2018

But when the animals get in on it too, things really start to get random.

Howlidays: Random Acts of Poetry Day https://t.co/XITS3CzA7g via @travelswithchop

— AnnetteRochelleAben (@YouAreTheExpert) October 3, 2018

And then, Squirrel!

‘To be or not to be’, yay. (It’s Random Acts of Poetry Day) pic.twitter.com/paTfQUz4Xj

— Stanley Squirrel (@StanleySquirre1) October 3, 2018

Photo by Joel Olives, Creative Commons license via Flickr. Post by Will Willingham.

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Will Willingham
Will Willingham
Director of Many Things; Senior Editor, Designer and Illustrator at Tweetspeak Poetry
I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.
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About Will Willingham

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel is Adjustments.

Comments

  1. Laura Lynn Brown says

    October 10, 2018 at 9:27 am

    Maybe Stanley Squirrel is reading Thomas Lux’s poem “The Night So Bright a Squirrel Reads.”
    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=34716

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  2. Sandra Heska King says

    October 10, 2018 at 9:20 pm

    The cat smells like poo. Ha! (T.S. Eliot might take issue with that.)

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  3. L.L. Barkat says

    October 12, 2018 at 11:24 am

    That squirrel is just too fun. In the absence of the mammoth of former years, he’ll do quite nicely. 🙂 Love seeing poetry go far and wide, whimsically.

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