Achoo to You: Pollen and Poetry in the Air!

Poetry: it kept us warm during the long, bone-chilling winter, through snowy, blowy Polar Vortexes that delayed the blooming grass and trees.  Unfortunately, now that it's finally warming up, we're feeling like one big pollen-filled Sneeze! Let's celebrate Springtime with a poem, this one written by Maxine Kumin and performed by Libby, Iona, and Olivia:

Turns out, our poetic problems go way beyond grass and tree pollen... we're Allergic to school!  Grayson and Emma perform Robert Pottle's poem:

Of course, it's not just pollen that inspires poetry.  Here's a poem about a boy with a special (and sort of gross) talent. Willie the Burper is written by Bill Dodds and performed by Ryan and Grace:

Thankfully, poetry doesn't cause indigestion.  So this spring, let's take a long walk, stop and smell the roses, and... achoo!  Happy Poetry Vortex!