The Silver Lining

I've heard that every storm cloud has its silver lining. Today was no exception!

The day started out very gray.  Depressing, flat, wet, steely gray.  And it was snowing.
Not only that, but I had to work at 8am.  At least if I had to be at work so ridiculously early, I should have the consolation of seeing a beautiful morning on my way to work!

Not today.

After work I went to class and was so tired that I (gasp) fell asleep in class.  (Shhhh!  Don't tell Mom!  It was worth it to go see Les Miserables last night!)


After class and lunch I walked to the bookstore to return a movie I had rented.  As I was passing through the upper level of the store, I noticed a sign that mentioned that this month is National Poetry Month!
And, since it's National Poetry month, anyone can go to the bookstore and recite a poem at the General Book or Children's Book Reference Desk.  If you do recite a poem, you'll be entered for a drawing for a free poetry book of your choice!  (The limit is one poem per person per day.)  So, I promptly recited Jabberwocky for the lady at the desk.  She liked it (and she entered me in the drawing).

You can guess what I'm going to be doing every day for the rest of the month!

Now I just have to figure out what poems to recite each day.  I thought about it and these are the ones I thought of off the top of my head that I already know:

Jabberwocky (recited today)
Be Strong by Lord Maltbie Davencourt Babcock
Pie Problem by Shel Silverstein
Eletelephony by ?
My Little Sister Likes to Eat (not sure what the title is, but that's the first line)
A Poem in Your Pocket
They Drew a Circle and Cut Him Out (also not sure if that's the title)
The Ride of Paul Revere by Washington Irving
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
Vice (title?) by Alexander Pope

I probably have more poems memorized but those were the ones I could think of for sure.  I probably won't use the Ride of Paul Revere or the Raven because I doubt the people at the desk really want to hear 3 pages of poetry.  Without those, I have approximately seven poems to start with.  I'd better start memorizing more!